Chemical Weapons

Trump Adviser Threatens Syria If It Uses Chemical Weapons

By W.J. Hennigan

'There Will Be Severe Pain.' What to Know About the New Novichok Nerve Agent Poisoning in the U.K.

By Ciara Nugent

How the Trump-Kim Summit Could Be a Game Changer for Syria

By Theo Emery

Trump Administration Warns Syria Not to Use Chemical Weapons

By W.J. Hennigan
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Syrian Airstrikes Leave Key Questions About President Trump's Intentions Unanswered

President Trump’s airstrike against Syria Thursday may have established a credible deterrent to Bashar al Assad’s future use of chemical weapons, at least in the short term. But the long-term effects of setting a new...

By Massimo Calabresi

‘What Has Changed?’ The Role of Photography in Syria’s War

Alan Kurdi's aunt, Omran's doctor and Bana's mother on the power of photography

By Andrew Katz

The Trump Administration Warned Russia About the U.S. Missile Attack on Syria

But President Donald Trump did not speak with Russia's Vladimir Putin

By Michael Scherer

A Test of President Trump's 'America First' Policy

The inertia of institutional Washington tends to stretch out major decisions for days, weeks, even years. Yet in the span of 48 hours, the Trump Administration shrugged off those constraints, reversing its foreign policy and...

By Zeke J Miller and Philip Elliott

What to Know About Sarin, the Deadly Nerve Gas Likely Used in Syria

Sarin was invented by accident in Germany in the late 1930s

By Kate Samuelson

President Trump Condemns Syrian Chemical Attack

He called it an "affront to humanity"

By Zeke J Miller

Why This Recent Piece of ISIS Intelligence Stands Out

An ISIS membership list eclipses the capture of its "Chemical Ali"

By Mark Thompson

Undeclared Chemical Weapons Traces Found in Syria

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said to have found sarin and VX nerve agents

By Noah Rayman

Report: U.S. Kept Mum After Finding Old Chemical Weapons in Iraq

Based on 17 U.S. service members and seven Iraqi police officers who claimed they were exposed to mustard or nerve agents after 2003

By Elizabeth Barber

Syria Still Has Chemical-Weapons Sites, U.S. Says

The claim comes just months after the ending of a U.N. joint mission to destroy the country's illicit stockpile

By David Stout

Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 18

1. Islamic State is hunting for Syrian chemical weapons that eluded international inspectors.By Paul D. Shinkman in U.S. News and World Report2. The true promise of education technology is in differentiating learning to meet the...

By The Aspen Institute

U.S. Worries Syria May Still Have Chemical Weapons

Questions remain over “discrepancies and omissions” in Syria’s original chemical-weapons declaration

By David Stout

Last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are removed

Now, the stockpile of weapons must be safely destroyed

By Hannah Goldberg

Iraq Militants Seize Old Chemical Weapons Facility

The weapons that remain are probably useless

By Noah Rayman

Squid Protein May be Able to Counter Chemical Weapons

If engineered correctly, the enzyme can "chew up" toxic agents in the human body

By Nash Jenkins

U.N. Says Syria's Last Chemical Weapons Are 'Inaccessible'

Fighting between rebel groups and government forces is blocking the removal of Syria's last chemical weapons, says mission chief Sigrid Kaag, who is calling for a truce

By Michelle Arrouas
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