Syria's secret chemical weapon attacks

Four year years after Assad promised to get rid of his chemical stockpile, gas attacks continue

Pro-Sssad protesters demonstrate against Western military intervention in 2013
(Image credit: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images)

The Syrian government is maintaining and regularly deploying a stockpile of chemical weapons, according to an investigation by the news agency Reuters.

In 2013, after Syrian forces used chemical weapons against rebel fighters, killing scores of civilians, an international outcry and the threat of military retaliation led President Bashar al-Assad to promise to dismantle his chemical weapons under the supervision of the US, Russia and the UN.

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