What is Syria's official position on chemical weapons? Syria signed up to the Chemical Weapons Convention and agreed to have its declared chemical weapons stock destroyed in 2013 after a Sarin nerve agent attack killed hundreds of people in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus. It has been accused of repeatedly using banned chemical weapons in the civil war since then. Experts say North Korea has long offered military supplies and weapons know-how around the world in exchange for cash. Syria and North Korea have decades-old military ties.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 27, 2018 23:35 UTC