Does Syria have chemical weapons?

President Bashar Assad’s regime this week confirmed for the first time that it has chemical weapons. The Syrian government insists it will not use those weapons against its own citizens, even as it escalates military action against anti-government rebels. But Syria did threaten to unleash the weapons, believed to include mustard gas, if attacked by an outside force.

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