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Syrian research site thought to be involved in developing chemical warheads
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWestern official have long associated the CERS site with the manufacture of chemical weapons.
In September 2017, Israel reportedly carried out a strike on the facility. The bombing came after opposition sources claimed that Iranian and Syrian specialists were working there to develop chemical weapons capability for missiles.
A senior member of the Syrian opposition, citing security officials still working for the regime at the time, told The Times of Israel in 2014 that Assad’s forces were stockpiling chemical substances and missiles carrying chemical warheads at the site, which was not made available to international inspectors tasked with ensuring the destruction of the weapons.
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