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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 591

chlorine gas

Jordanian forensics experts inspect the site of a toxic gas explosion at the Red Sea port of Aqaba on June 28, 2022. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)
July 3, 2022, 8:23 pm
Jordan fires officials over deadly Aqaba gas leak, blames ‘negligence’
Jordanian PM slams port’s measures ‘for dealing with hazardous materials’ after 13 killed when tank of chlorine ruptured upon falling
By AFP
Illustrative - An ambulance is seen in the city of Shiraz, April 12, 2008 (AP Photo)
September 5, 2020, 9:37 am
Chlorine gas canister explosion in western Iran injures more than 200
Head of Ilam province’s medical university says driver ‘carelessness’ suspected as cause; no deaths reported
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: This Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), shows medical staff treating a man suffering from breathing difficulties inside a hospital in Aleppo, Syria (Aleppo Media Center via AP)
November 24, 2018, 11:36 pm
Syrian state TV: 41 injured in rebel poison gas attack on Aleppo
Regime station interviews doctor who says two victims are in critical condition, including a child
By Albert Aji
Illustrative: This Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), shows medical staff treating a man suffering from breathing difficulties inside a hospital in Aleppo, Syria (Aleppo Media Center via AP)
September 12, 2018, 3:16 pm
Assad used chemical weapons in three attacks this year — UN report
Investigators say chlorine strikes, some of which utilized Iranian artillery, constitute war crimes
By AFP
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at a meeting of 29 diplomats pushing for sanctions and criminal charges against the perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria, at the Foreign Affairs ministry in Paris on January 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/JacquesDemarthon)
January 23, 2018, 11:53 pm
World powers step up pressure on Syria, Russia over chemical attacks
Tillerson accuses Moscow of ‘shielding’ war crimes, says it ‘ultimately bears responsibility’ for suspected chlorine gas use against civilians
By Joseph Schmid
A member of a UN chemical weapons investigation team takes samples from sand near Damascus, Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen)
January 22, 2018, 3:55 pm
Syrian activists allege gas attack in Damascus suburb
White Helmets rescuers say 20 civilians affected in suspected chlorine gas attack on Douma district that was reportedly followed by a foul smell
By AP
Illustrative: workers take part in a training exercise cleaning up after a chlorine gas leak in southern Britain in 2012. (screen capture: YouTube)
August 13, 2017, 1:33 pm
Hundreds suffer symptoms in Iran chlorine leak
300 hospitalized for respiratory problems after gas leaks from water company’s abandoned reservoirs
By AP
In this Saturday, March 4, 2017 file photo, Nazim Hamid stands next to his injured son Yasir, 11, a victim of a possible IS chemical attack in a hospital Irbil, Iraq (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)
June 13, 2017, 6:46 am
IS chemical weapons capability degraded, analysts say
London-based group says jihadists likely retain expertise to produce small quantities of deadly agents
By AP
A child victim of a suspected chlorine attack in Idlib, Syria, in March 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
February 15, 2017, 11:24 pm
Damascus denies accusations of chlorine use in Aleppo
Syrian government dismisses Human Rights Watch as ‘unprofessional and unscientific’
By AFP
A Syrian man suffering from breathing difficulties is treated at a make-shift hospital in Aleppo on September 6, 2016. AFP/ THAER MOHAMMED)
September 6, 2016, 7:09 pm
Syrian warplanes drop chlorine bombs on Aleppo — activists
Dozens of injuries reported after Syrian government said to bombard rebel-held parts of contested city with chemical weapons
By AP
A man being treated at hospital after a suspected chemical weapons attack in Idlib province in Syria, August 1, 2016. (Screenshot/YouTube)
August 25, 2016, 1:52 am
US vows to ‘seek accountability’ for Syria chemical attacks
National Security Council head says ‘impossible to deny’ regime’s use of chlorine in assaults against civilians, after UN report finds chemical weapons used by both Assad forces, Islamic State
By AFP
A video released by the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow shows a Russian warplane unloading its weapons over a Syrian target, August 10, 2016. (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)
August 12, 2016, 5:20 am
Russia strikes IS capital Raqqa amid Aleppo fight
Moscow says chemical weapons plant hit, as accusations surface of chlorine attack in ongoing Syrian fighting
By Zeina Karam and PHILIP ISSA
Illustrative photo: This image, from a video posted on September 18, 2013, shows Syrians in protective suits and gas masks conducting a drill on how to treat casualties of a chemical weapons attack, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP)
February 18, 2016, 3:56 pm
Kurdish forces say IS fired chemical weapons at them
Officials say jihadist group used chlorine-laden mortar shells in assault on peshmerga troops near Iraqi town of Sinjar
By Agencies
Containers of Syrian chemical weapons are transferred from a Danish freighter to a US military ship ahead of their destruction at sea on July 2, 2014 in the port of Gioia Tauro, southern Italy. (Photo credit: Mario Laporta/AFP)
January 5, 2016, 5:41 pm
Syria’s declared chemical arms ‘100% destroyed’ – watchdog
Hague-based organization still concerned by reports of the use of chlorine, sarin and mustard gas
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, August 17, 2014 (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
August 17, 2015, 3:41 pm
Chemical watchdog: IS gas attacks a ‘matter of serious concern’
Group says it will contact Iraqi authorities after Kurds report possible chlorine or mustard gas attack
By AFP
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