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A wake-up call to Syrian chemical atrocities

By Tom Rogan

Published April 9, 2020 5:23pm ET

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A wake-up call to Syrian chemical atrocities — In this photo released on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Iran's Al Alam TV, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says Iran's presence in Syria and its relations with Damascus are not negotiable and repeated the assertion that Iran has no fixed bases in Syria. | (SANA via AP)

We should pay heed to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons finding on Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against three civilian targets in 2017.

This is a wake-up call. Assad continues to retain chemical weapons stocks, delivery systems, and the strategic rationale for using them. He will use them again if allowed to believe, as he does now, that he can do so without significant cost.

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