FACTBOX – Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal

Syria acknowledged for the first time on Monday that it had chemical and biological weapons, saying they could be used if the country faced foreign intervention.

Here is a look at Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal:

OVERVIEW

- Since the early 1980s, Syria has made efforts to acquire and maintain an arsenal of chemical weapons following defeats in wars against Israel in 1967, 1973 and 1982 and the Jewish state’s widely presumed development of nuclear weapons.

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