Talk of the use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s war is no longer merely a passing allegation between two sides that have exchanged, since fighting erupted in April 2023, accounts that are difficult to ...

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) developed and used chlorine-based chemical weapons during the country’s civil war.  A leaked ...

The recent conventional targeting of chemical infrastructure in Iran and the resulting toxic releases expose a gap in the Chemical Weapons Convention (PDF), or CWC, that has become increasingly ...

Chemical warfare is one of the most devastating forms of conflict. It leverages toxic chemicals to disable, harm or kill without any physical confrontation. Across various conflicts, it has caused ...

September 29, 2025: In late 2024, Ukrainians accused Russia of using chloropicrin gas against Ukrainian soldiers. Chloropicrin is currently used to fumigate soil before crops are planted. It was ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has reported a new simulation tool to better understand how liquid-phase chemical warfare agents (CWAs) disperse and persist in urban environments. Their findings ...

International watchdogs are unable to fully verify that Syria destroyed its stores of chemical warfare agents and munitions, the United Nations’ disarmament chief told the U.N. Security Council days ...

The first sign was often the smell. Sweet, sharp, or faintly like hay. Then came the burning lungs, the panic, the realization that the air itself had turned hostile. In the trenches of World War I, ...

Historically, research related to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) has focused on the significant battlefield threat. This has meant exposures to certain CWAs, such as organophosphate nerve agents and ...

Appendices (pages [207]-285) 1. The Geneva protocol of June 17, 1925, and a list of the 98 signatory states.--2. Chemical properties of CN, DM, and CS.--3. Excerpts from Department of the Army ...