5 Questions About Syria And Chemical Weapons
Syria is a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention and says it neither possesses nor uses chemical weapons. Evidence indicates otherwise.
Faced with the threat of U.S. military action and prodded by longtime ally Russia, Syria declared in September 2013 â two years into its civil war â it had ratified the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) banning the production, storage and use of chemical weapons.
A letter from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
