Brian WhitakerSyria falls silent over claim that Israel destroyed evidence in Douma chemical weapons…Syria’s Assad regime is resisting calls to substantiate its claim that Israel has destroyed evidence relating to an alleged chlorine attack…Oct 29, 2021
Brian WhitakerThe Douma chemical weapons investigation and the role of Ian HendersonMany of the recent claims about “irregularities” in the OPCW’s investigation of a suspected chemical attack in Syria revolve around an…Jan 2, 20201
Brian WhitakerSyria escalates non-cooperation over chemical weaponsIn April last year a report by the OPCW, the international chemical weapons watchdog, blamed the Assad regime for two sarin attacks on…Sep 28, 2021Sep 28, 2021
Brian WhitakerWhistleblower versus watchdog: the political machinations over chemical weapons in SyriaAn anonymous whistleblower who recently emerged from inside the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has spoken of “huge…Nov 21, 20191Nov 21, 20191
Brian WhitakerSyria tells OPCW that Israel has destroyed the Douma cylindersTwo gas cylinders that formed crucial evidence in the OPCW’s investigations of an alleged chlorine attack have been destroyed in Syria, the…Jul 23, 2021Jul 23, 2021
Brian WhitakerSyria falls silent over claim that Israel destroyed evidence in Douma chemical weapons…Syria’s Assad regime is resisting calls to substantiate its claim that Israel has destroyed evidence relating to an alleged chlorine attack…Oct 29, 2021
Brian WhitakerThe Douma chemical weapons investigation and the role of Ian HendersonMany of the recent claims about “irregularities” in the OPCW’s investigation of a suspected chemical attack in Syria revolve around an…Jan 2, 20201
Brian WhitakerSyria escalates non-cooperation over chemical weaponsIn April last year a report by the OPCW, the international chemical weapons watchdog, blamed the Assad regime for two sarin attacks on…Sep 28, 2021
Brian WhitakerWhistleblower versus watchdog: the political machinations over chemical weapons in SyriaAn anonymous whistleblower who recently emerged from inside the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has spoken of “huge…Nov 21, 20191
Brian WhitakerSyria tells OPCW that Israel has destroyed the Douma cylindersTwo gas cylinders that formed crucial evidence in the OPCW’s investigations of an alleged chlorine attack have been destroyed in Syria, the…Jul 23, 2021
Brian WhitakerHow a yellow cylinder became a propaganda weapon in SyriaA recent report by the chemical weapons watchdog, OPCW, has caused a flurry of activity among defenders of the Assad regime who claim…Mar 17, 2019
Brian WhitakerChemical attacks in Syria: new group joins campaign to discredit OPCWA newly-formed group has joined the campaign to discredit investigations of chemical weapons in Syria and has recruited a former…Apr 1, 20211
Brian Whitaker‘Outstanding issues’ fuel suspicion that Syria is hiding chemical weaponsTowards the end of each month the director-general of the OPCW issues a report headed “Progress in the elimination of the Syrian chemical…Nov 30, 2020
