Chemical weapons

White phosphorus leak reported inside US airbase in South Korea, safety ministry says

No casualties were reported, and the evacuation notice for residents was lifted after about half an hour, as South Korean fire authorities and US forces carried out decontamination work.

The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) detonates an unexploded ordnance, as it was impossible to be transported, in Sahlabad village on November 4, 2020 near Tartar, Azerbaijan. ANAMA representatives alleged the ordnance was a type of artillery shell containing white phosphorus.
Unexploded ordinance, an artillery shell containing white phosphorous, is detonate

Iran used 'white phosphorus incendiary' in drone attack, Kurdish dissident group claims

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for Theodor Herzl at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, July 5, 2026

Iran 'definitely' has chemical weapons despite nuclear setbacks, Netanyahu warns

Flowers and candles are arranged next to pictures of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial, in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin on February 17, 2026.

UK sanctions Russians that allegedly developed chemical weapons used to kill Navalny


Belgium companies sold deadly chemicals to Assad in violation of sanctions

Knack magazine reported that the companies said they were not aware that export licenses were required for the sale of chemicals to Syria.

Bodies from Syria chemical weapons attack 370

Russia may have tampered with chemical attack site, U.S. envoy says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied that Moscow had interfered with any evidence.

A girl looks on following alleged chemical weapons attack, in what is said to be Douma, Syria in this still image from video obtained by Reuters on April 8, 2018

Trump, Obama combo finally starts to enforce chemical weapons treaty

An analysis on what the repercussions of the US strikes in Syria might mean for the use of chemical weapons in smaller states.

U.S. President Obama greets President-elect Trump in the White House Oval Office in Washington

Allied strike reveals robust, 'clandestine' chemical program in Syria

Russian and Syrian forces have taken control of the area where the chemical weapons attack is said to have happened, and are denying access to it for international inspectors.

The destroyed Scientific Research Centre is seen in Damascus, Syria April 14, 2018.

Voices from Syria: 'Looking forward to a Western attack'

On the eve of the US, British and French missile strikes on Syria, opposition activist Abdollah Awad said "Assad is Iran's man."

Civil defense help a man from a shelter in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 22, 2018.

Syrian army vows to press war, rebels say strikes not enough

Damascus and its allies have said reports about poison gas in Douma were fabricated as a pretext for Western strikes.

Fighters from the Syrian army units and Hezbollah are seen on the western mountains of Qalamoun, near Damascus, in this handout picture provided by SANA

Barak: U.S.-led strike sends message of resolve, but region must act

Israeli politicians agree US action is a step in the right direction.

Ehud Barak

Western missile attack on Syria was 'right and legal,' Britain's May says

Theresa May said the aim was to deter the Syrian authorities from further use of chemical weapons and to send a message to the wider world that it was unacceptable to use such weapons.


Not shock and awe: U.K., U.S. and France opt for limited option in Syria

The US-led strikes in Syria were designed to send a message of deterrence. Is the regime deterred?

A Tornado pilot checks the weapons on his plane, in Akrotiri, Cyprus April 13, 2018. Picture taken April 13, 2018

U.S., British, French air strikes target Syrian chemical capabilities

Allegations of Bashar Assad's chlorine use are frequent in Syria's conflict, raising questions about whether Washington had effectively lowered the threshold for military intervention.

A plane preparing to take off as part of the joint airstrike operation by the British, French and US militaries in Syria, is seen in this picture obtained on April 14, 2018 via social media