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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.