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Syria are not a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention (neither are the USA, Israel or Russia)

The US, Russia and Israel most certainly are signatories to the CWC. US and Russia both ratified in 1997, Israel has signed but not ratified. The CWC had the force of law once it had 65 signatories. Why would you not bother to check such a simple fact before posting?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Chemical...



Why won't Israel ratify? Does Israel have chemical weapons?

Maybe there should be a UN resolution requiring all countries in the Middle East to declare and destroy their chemical weapons under UN supervision.


I have no idea and have never even been to Israel. I'm just reporting the fact; if you're curious, you can easily research it yourself. The CWC requires all countries, everywhere, to declare and destroy their chemical weapons.




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