Israel has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of hostile actors, the country’s foreign minister has said.

Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on sites in Syria since Islamist ... saying it was related to Syria's "chemical weapons infrastructure". Also since Assad's fall, Israel has deployed ...

Doctors suspected ... Assad’s fall from power in December. The security and condition of these newly discovered sites is not yet unclear. Extensive Use of Chemical Weapons In 2012, President Obama ...

In the Syrian civil war’s earliest days ... (photo credit: REUTERS/SHIR TOREM) More than 100 chemical weapons sites remain in Syria, according to a global organization which tracks this specific ...

In phase one Syria joined the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In phase two Damascus declared the sites where ... counter-balance to Israel’s nuclear potential.