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December 16, 2016

Syria and Iraq Are Awash in Chemical Weapons. What Threat Do They Pose?

Islamic State could use chemical weapons against Israel or the U.S. So could Hizballah.

Despite John Kerry’s claim in 2013 to have arranged for the dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons, Bashar al-Assad’s forces have continued to use them with impunity. Islamic State (IS) has employed chemical weapons as well, as have various anti-regime forces. Hizballah, too, may have already acquired some, and if not, is likely trying to do so. Dany Shoham explains what is at stake:

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December 16, 2016

  1. Israel Can Be Jewish, Democratic, and Committed to Human Rights, Without Contradiction

    Let politics sort things out.

  2. How and Why the U.S. Should Promote Democracy in the Arab World

    Islamic extremism cannot be defeated without arms, but it cannot be defeated by arms alone.

  3. Syria and Iraq Are Awash in Chemical Weapons. What Threat Do They Pose?

    Islamic State could use chemical weapons against Israel or the U.S. So could Hizballah.

  4. The Four Deadly Sins of Religion Reporting

    Journalists fail their readers by failing to understand religion.

  5. King Ahab’s Biblical Kangaroo Court

    Conferring an air of legality on the murder of Naboth.