Chemical weapons

Israel warns US that Iran may use chemical weapons, but Washington questions intelligence - report

Israeli intelligence officials told their American counterparts that they believe Iran is rapidly advancing technology that would allow it to mount chemical weapons on missiles.

A symbolic mockup of an Iranian missile is displayed, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026.
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.

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

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


Establish a chemical and biological WMD free zone in the Middle East now

Today, with growing turmoil in the Middle East, setting up a collaboration leading to the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons in the region appears out of the question.

A late night view of the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an extended round of Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne

New chemical weapons team to launch first Syria investigations

Last June, the Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) was established by the OPCW's member states.

A United Nations (U.N.) chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria August 29, 2013.

Why Syria feels it can use chemical weapons with impunity

That a mass murderer like Assad continues to go unpunished helps explain why his regime remains in power.

Syrian medical staff take part in a training exercise to learn how to treat victims of chemical weapons attacks, in a course organized by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Gaziantep, Turkey

Top Saudi official: Barack Obama lied, set Middle East back 20 years

Obama, Bandar Bin Sultan said, “would promise something and do the opposite.” He spoke critically of the Iran nuclear deal and how the former president spoke about curbing Iran but failed.

Barack Obama (R) laughs as he meets with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington June 29, 2010

Report: Palestinian arrested in Italy for plan to poison public water

The suspect, who has a Palestinian passport and a Italian residency permit, was arrested Wednesday morning in the city of Macomer.

An Italian police officer patrols near a closed road

Syrian government: Over 100 wounded in ‘chemical attack’ in Aleppo

Numerous sources on social media reported the attack on Saturday evening, claiming ambulances were heard and explosions.

A picture taken on March 22, 2017 in the Syrian town of Tayyibat al-Imam in the countryside of the central province of Aleppo, shows fighters running amdist destruction down a street past a rising plume of smoke from a burning tire meant to disrupt warplanes

Ashdod’s Assuta Hospital to hold Home Front Command drill

The hospital is the first Israeli hospital designed to be able to fully function during chemical and biological weapons events.

Assuta Ashdod University Hospital

U.N.: Assad regime guilty of more chemical weapons attacks this year

These incidents bring to 39 the total known Syrian chemical attacks, a UN official said.

Man with a child in a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

Driven from home, White Helmet rescuers start over in north Syria

"We buried her and went back to work. There were a lot of people under the rubble," he said. Months later, he can no longer even visit her grave.

White Helmets of the Syrian Civil Defense in Kafrowaid, a village near Idlib in Syria

Palestinian Authority joins Chemical Weapons Convention

Israel has signed the convention but is one of the few nations not to have ratified it. It is, therefore, not considered a party to the convention.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas looks on during a reception ceremony for Bulgarian President Rumen Radev in Ramallah, in the West Bank, March 22, 2018