Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

December 16, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/israel-syria-chemical-weapons/2021/12/13/8ed0b02c-59ea-11ec-a808-3197a22b19fa_story.html

Israeli Airstrikes in Syria Targeted Chemical Weapons Facilities

(Washington Post) Joby Warrick - On June 8, 2021, Israeli planes struck Syrian military facilities with links to the country's former chemical weapons program to stop a nascent attempt by Syria to restart its production of deadly nerve agents. The raid, and a similar one on March 5, 2020, was ordered after intelligence suggested that Syria was acquiring chemical precursors and other supplies needed to rebuild its chemical-weapons capability, former U.S. and Western intelligence officials said. U.S. intelligence officials long suspected that Syria was retaining, if not rebuilding, key aspects of its chemical-weapons capability.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: