Category: Chemical Weapons

Study: Assad Used Chemical Weapons over 300 Times Since Obama’s ‘Red Line’ Speech


The Iranian- and Russian-backed regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad has used banned chemical weapons against its own people more than 300 times since former President Barack Obama declared in 2012 that such attacks would cross a “red line” that would trigger a U.S. military response, the Germany-based Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI) reported on Sunday.