The
Syrian regime, which has
endured nine months of civil
unrest spurred by the Arab
Spring as it swept across the
Middle East, has armed its
medium-range missile arsenal
with chemical warheads.
According to a
report published by the
Sabah daily Sunday, Damascus
armed 600 one-ton chemical
warheads to use in the event
of a foreign military
intervention. Furthermore,
President Bashar al-Assad
ordered the deployment of 21
missile launchers along its
border with Turkey. Syria’s
medium-range missiles that
can be equipped with
chemical warheads have a
range of up to 1,300
kilometers and would include
the southern and central
provinces of Turkey.