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The Syrian chemical weapons stockpile includes more than 1000 tons of agents and precursor chemicals, making it one of the largest in the world, a declassified French intelligence report says. The report notes that the Syrian chemical weapons program poses a major global threat in terms of weapons of mass destruction proliferation.
This document has been produced through declassified intelligence mostly drawn from French-only sources. It includes a thorough technical analysis performed on open sources by our intelligence and technical services. It integrates, finally, some complementary elements received through cooperation with our closest partners.
Syria detains one of the worlds most important operational chemical weapons stockpile, accumulated within the framework of a long-standing and diversified program, which has been monitored for a long time by French and partner intelligence services. This program is one of the main threats in terms of weapons of mass destruction proliferation. Countering the threat stemming from WMD proliferation is a key objective for our defence, as stated again in the recent French White paper on defense and national security.
In combats against the opposition, President Assads regime has already used such weapons, including sarin, in limited attacks against the population, in particular in April 2013.The analysis of information we have now gathered leads us to consider that, on August 21, 2013, the Syrian regime has launched an attack on some suburbs of Damascus that were being held by the opposition forces, using together conventional means and a large amount of
chemical agents.
Read more: French intelligence: Syria has over 1,000 tons of chemical agents - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page
The full report in PDF :
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/...tive summary of declassified intelligence.pdf
This document has been produced through declassified intelligence mostly drawn from French-only sources. It includes a thorough technical analysis performed on open sources by our intelligence and technical services. It integrates, finally, some complementary elements received through cooperation with our closest partners.
Syria detains one of the worlds most important operational chemical weapons stockpile, accumulated within the framework of a long-standing and diversified program, which has been monitored for a long time by French and partner intelligence services. This program is one of the main threats in terms of weapons of mass destruction proliferation. Countering the threat stemming from WMD proliferation is a key objective for our defence, as stated again in the recent French White paper on defense and national security.
In combats against the opposition, President Assads regime has already used such weapons, including sarin, in limited attacks against the population, in particular in April 2013.The analysis of information we have now gathered leads us to consider that, on August 21, 2013, the Syrian regime has launched an attack on some suburbs of Damascus that were being held by the opposition forces, using together conventional means and a large amount of
chemical agents.
Read more: French intelligence: Syria has over 1,000 tons of chemical agents - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page
The full report in PDF :
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/...tive summary of declassified intelligence.pdf