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Khan Shaykhun was one of the many areas targeted by Assad with chemical weapons
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Over 100 of Assad's chemical weapons sites remain in Syria: OPCW

More than 100 chemical weapons sites are thought to remain in Syria, much more than those declared by the fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The New Arab Staff
06 April, 2025
A view of the vast network of underground tunnels dug by civilians and opposition forces in Douma town of Ghouta region to escape the ousted Bashar Assad regime's worst chemical weapons attack in Aleppo, Syria on December 25, 2024. The Bashar al-Assad's regime signed the International Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the face of intense pressure from the international community and threats of military intervention by the United States following the use of chemical weapons
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Chemical weapons inspectors granted access to Assad-era sites

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 March, 2025
OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias makes a speech during the annual conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague
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Head of UN's OPCW meets Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 February, 2025
Syria
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Assad regime 'rejects' OPCW vote curbing chemical exports

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 December, 2023
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Syria
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OPCW votes to curb chemical exports to Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2023
Syria
MENA
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UN rejects Syria regime chemical attack claims

The New Arab Staff
06 July, 2023
Bashar al Assad
MENA
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OPCW says Syria regime to blame for 2018 chlorine attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 January, 2023
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UN chemical weapons body slam Syria for lack of cooperation

The New Arab Staff
01 October, 2022
Iraq
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Kurdish activists enter HQ of chemical weapons watchdog

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 December, 2021
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United States
MENA
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UN disarmament chief discovers new Syrian chemical warfare agent

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2021
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Syria
MENA
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Syria stripped of rights at chemical weapons watchdog

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 April, 2021
OPCW [Getty]
US
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Russia and West spar over Syria chemical weapons vote

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 April, 2021
Chemical weapon attack in Syria [Syria]
Syria
MENA
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Syria chemical weapons disarmament report 'incomplete': UN official

The New Arab Staff
06 January, 2021
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Syria
MENA
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Syria, Russia under pressure at chemical weapons watchdog

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 November, 2020
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WikiLeaks
MENA
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OPCW 'whistleblower' may have suppressed Syria chemical attack evidence

The New Arab Staff
28 October, 2020
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Syria condemned at chemical weapons watchdog over sarin attacks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 July, 2020
Suheil al Hassan - Getty
OPCW
MENA
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Top Syrian generals 'watched chemical attack' on Idlib village

The New Arab
16 April, 2020
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Syria
Analysis
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Syria Weekly: Assad regime finally acknowledged as chemical culprit

Paul McLoughlin
12 April, 2020
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Syria
MENA
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Watchdog 'explicitly blames' Syria regime for chemical weapons attacks

The New Arab & agencies
09 April, 2020
Douma -AFP
Syria
Voices

Report on Assad chemical attacks, too little, too late

Sam Hamad

Sam Hamad

07 April, 2020
Syria - Chemical weapons - GETTY
Syria
MENA
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OPCW to explicitly accuse Syrian regime of chemical attacks

The New Arab
07 April, 2020