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Where we’ve been, and why it matters

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The collapse of the Bashar Assad regime in Syria over the weekend sent me back to the Jewish Policy Center archive. Incoming President Donald Trump is correct—who governs Damascus and its environs is not a choice...

The US promised, Israel delivered

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The two reported Israeli strikes on secret facilities where the Syrian regime planned to restart its chemical weapons manufacturing program had three goals. The first was to keep non-conventional weapons out of Syria’s hands,...

Israel struck Syrian chemical weapons sites twice since 2020, says report

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Israel attacked chemical-weapons sites in Syria on two separate occasions since 2020, reported The Washington Post on Monday. According to the report, in June of this year, the Israeli Air Force struck three sites near Damascus and...
Iranian flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US sanctions Iranian entity and director over alleged chemical-weapons research

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The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it has sanctioned an Iranian entity and its director over alleged chemical-weapons research. The Shahid Meisami Group and its director, Mehran Babri, were sanctioned for allegedly being involved...
A view shows the rubble of buildings following Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on March 5, 2020. Photo by Ali Syria/Flash90 Photo by Ali Syria/Flash90.

Has Syria reactivated its chemical-weapons program? Recent strikes might provide a clue

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Syrian media reports of Israeli airstrikes, allegedly launched early on March 5 in central and southern Syria, may be a sign that Damascus has renewed its chemical-weapons program. According to Yediot Achronot, one of the targets...
A view shows the rubble of buildings following Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on March 5, 2020. Photo by Ali Syria/Flash90 Photo by Ali Syria/Flash90.

Has Syria reactivated its chemical-weapons program? Recent strikes might provide a clue

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Syrian media reports of Israeli airstrikes, allegedly launched early on March 5 in central and southern Syria, may be a sign that Damascus has renewed its chemical-weapons program. According to Yediot Achronot, one of the targets...

Syria’s Growing Chemical Weapons Entanglement

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The chemical weapons (CW) possessed and employed by Syria since it undertook to completely get rid of them have become an increasingly tangled web over the past year. This has many ramifications, particularly in...

In ironic twist, Syria to head UN panel on chemical disarmament

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Despite allegations that it carried out yet another deadly chemical-weapons attack last Saturday, Syria will next month chair the United Nations disarmament forum that produced the treaty banning chemical weapons. Syria will assume the presidency of the...

Alleged Syrian chemical-weapons attack kills as many as 150, wounds 1,000

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Varying reports claim that as many as 150 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in an alleged chemical-weapons attack in the Syrian town of Douma on Saturday, perpetrated by forces loyal to...