Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.

Khan Shaykhun chemical attack

2017 chemical attack in Syria

The Khan Shaykhun chemical attack took place on 4 April 2017 on the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Governorate of Syria. The town was reported to have been struck by an airstrike by government forces followed by massive civilian chemical poisoning. The release of a toxic…

Khan Shaykhun

Town in Idlib, Syria

Khan Shaykhun is a town in the Maarrat al-Nu'man District, within the southern Idlib Governorate of northwestern Syria.

Syrian chemical weapons program

Syria's chemical weapons program began in the 1970s with weapons and training from Egypt and the Soviet Union, with production of chemical weapons in Syria beginning in the mid-1980s. For some time, Syria was believed to have the world's third-largest stockpile of chemical…

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