Syria’s chemical weapons are still secure despite the fact that President Bashar al-Assad has lost control of parts of the country, a senior Israeli defence official said on Sunday.
Tags: fact that President Bashar al-Assad, chemical weapons, Syria chemical weaponsSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has moved some of his chemical weapons arsenal in the direction of Lebanon.
Tags: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, chemical weaponsSyrian rebels are closely monitoring the Assad regime’s chemical weapons sites, but don’t have the means to seize and secure them he told The Associated Press.
Tags: chemical weapons, rebel leader, Syrian rebelsThe regime’s moves could be seen as an escalation – the US has termed them a “significant escalation” – or as a prelude to the use of chemical weapons, but they could also be seen as acts of desperation.
Tags: chemical weapons, acts of desperationA former top general in Syria’s chemical weapons program says he doesn’t doubt for a moment that President Bashar al-Assad will deploy his chemical weapons arsenal as he tries to hold onto power and crush the uprising that started almost two years ago.
Tags: Assad Will Use Chemical Weapons, chemical weapons, chemical weapons program, President Bashar al-AssadUN chief Ban Ki-moon has said there are no confirmed reports that Damascus is preparing to use chemical weapons in the ongoing Syrian conflict.
Tags: chemical weapons, UN chief Ban Ki-moon, Former PowellWith the strength of Bashar al-Assad’s forces diminishing in Syria’s civil war, global fears are mounting that Syria might unleash chemical weapons to quash the country’s uprising.
Tags: civil war, chemical weapons, Bashar al-AssadThe first is that President Bashar Assad, in a last-ditch effort to save his regime, would order chemical attacks – either as a limited demonstration to the rebels of his willingness to use the internationally banned weapons, or in a large-scale offensive designed to turn the tide of a conflict that already has killed tens of thousands.
Tags: President Bashar Assad, chemical attacks, chemical weaponsTROOPS have waged fierce assaults on rebels around Syria, focusing on the capital’s outskirts, amid growing concerns that an increasingly desperate regime might resort to chemical weapons.
Tags: chemical weaponsCzech Republic’s Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, left, and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, arrive for their press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Dec.
Tags: chemical weapons, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Karel Schwarzenberg, press conference