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Remnants of Assad's chemical weapons program recovered, Syrian official says
Authorities recovered more than 70 rockets and aerial bombs and detained 18 suspects as inspectors search up to 100 sites, officials said.
- Syria's transitional leadership located remnants of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's clandestine chemical weapons program on Tuesday, discovering dozens of undeclared chemical munitions including aerial bombs and rockets alongside raw materials and equipment.
- After the Assad regime fell in December 2024, Syria launched a plan supported by Washington to eliminate its legacy chemical weapons, though the country had declared a 1,300-ton stockpile under the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013 while prohibited use continued.
- Teams working for months with OPCW inspectors located more than 70 rockets and aerial bombs plus raw sarin ingredients linked to attacks killing more than 1,300 people in Ghouta in August 2013 and Al-Lataminah in March 2017, with chemical storage equipment and hexamine found at three locations.
- Eighteen suspects including high-level military and political officials faced arrest, with former Brigadier General Khardal Ahmed Dayoub accused of crimes linked to 1,400 deaths and coordination of the Eastern Ghouta bombing, with at least four detainees on international sanctions lists.
- The OPCW identified as many as 100 sites requiring inspection across Syria, while UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu welcomed increased cooperation but flagged serious concerns over undeclared stockpiles and inconsistent historical disclosures, though investigations confirmed chemical weapons use in 17 of 77 alleged incidents.
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It involves dozens of rockets and bombs with chemical munitions, the OPCW has announced.
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) reported on Tuesday that "ten unreported chemical munitions have been discovered in Syria, according to its monthly report on its activities in that country, reports AFP.
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