by Allen McDuffee | Mar 6, 2014 | Monitor
The Pentagon learned in August 2013 — when the U.S. came close to striking Syria over the Assad regime’s use of sarin gas — that it was woefully unprepared to face chemical or biological weapons on the battlefield. Now Darpa thinks it has a solution,...
by Spencer Ackerman | May 2, 2013 | Monitor
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made it official: The Obama administration is considering sending guns, missiles and other weapons to Syria’s rebels.
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 5, 2013 | Monitor
Going further than other U.S. military officials, Marine Gen. James Mattis told senators Tuesday that he has planning underway to halt the proliferation of Syria’s deadly chemical arsenal.
by David Axe | Dec 24, 2012 | Monitor
The regime of embattled Syrian president Bashar Assad has reportedly gassed rebel forces in the battleground city of Homs.
by Kris Alexander | Jul 27, 2012 | Monitor
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein did not give his chemical weapons to Syria. Photo: U.S. Commerce Department As if warped by some giant conspiratorial black hole, any discussion of Syria’s chemical and biological weapons inevitably bends back in time and...