The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) suspects that there are over 100 chemical weapon facilities left by the Assad regime in Syria. Some of these facilities are alleged to be constructed in secret locations like caves.

A terrifying allegation related to Syria was featured in a report by the prominent American newspaper New York Times. According to the news, while efforts to clean up the remnants of the Assad regime continue, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) suspects that there are over 100 chemical weapon facilities in Syria.

DEPOTS HIDDEN IN CAVES These facilities are thought to have been used under the Assad regime for the development and research of chemical weapons, and it is suggested that some facilities may have been hidden in caves or hard-to-detect locations. This estimate is much higher than any figure Assad has admitted to so far.

“MANY UNKNOWN LOCATIONS” Assad has used weapons such as sarin and chlorine gas against opposition and civilians during the over-decade-long civil war. The newspaper points out that the chemical weapon stockpiles may include substances like sarin gas banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as well as chlorine and mustard gas. Raid Salih, the head of the Syria Civil Defence also known as White Helmets, said, “There are many unknown locations because the previous regime lied to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.” ASSAD GOVERNMENT ADMITTED

In Syria, the Assad government agreed to hand over its chemical weapon stockpiles in 2013 after being accused of carrying out an attack near Damascus that led to the deaths of hundreds.

However, it was argued by a large portion of the population that the Assad government had hidden some weapons and used them again in the following years.