CLASSIFICATION Syria: Chemical Use Since Accession to the CWC The Syrian regime has not declared all the elements of its chemical warfare program to the OPCW and the regime continues to use chemicals as a means of warfare, as it has every year since acceding to the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013. 7 April: Chemical attack on 7 August: OPCW-UN Duma, Damascus 21 August: Chemical Joint Investigative attack on East Ghouta Mechanism (JIM) 14 April: U.S.-led established by UNSC strikes on CW targets 31 August: U.S. announces plans 4 January: All declared 26 October: OPCW-UN JIM for strikes Syrian chemical determines Asad regime used weapons destroyed sarin in Khan Shaykhun attack 14 October: Syria joins the Chemical Weapons 4 April: Chemical Convention; Syria declared attack on Khan 1,328 metric tons of 10 September: FFM Shaykhun chemical weapon agent determines that chlorine and 12 chemical warfare used “systematically 7 April: U.S. strikes production facilities and repeatedly” Shayrat Airfield 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 18 April: Chemical 6 November: OPCW 30 June: FFM attack on Kafr Zayta FFM determines that confirms sarin used chemicals used in in Khan Shaykhun 21 April: Chemical more attacks attack on Talmenes 17 November: OPCW-UN 6 March: UNSC adopts JIM expires after Russia & 29 April: OPCW Fact- resolution 2209 Bolivia veto UNSC renewal Finding Mission condemning use of 1 August: Chemical (FFM) established chlorine as a weapon attack in Idlib 14 September: U.S.- 16 March: Chemical 24 August: OPCW-UN JIM Russia Framework attack in Qmenas Agreement reached determines Asad regime 24 March: Chemical used chemicals in attack in Binnish 2014 & 2015 attacks Text in red: Examples of Syria’s repeated chemical use..