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Archives: Chemical Weapons
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![Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064418im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/can-iran-turkey-and-egypt-cooper-187x137.jpg)
Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?
Farhang Jahanpour | ( Tehran Times | - - TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on the Middle East in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, tells…![Trump accuses Syrian of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064418im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-accuses-syrian-of-planning-187x137.jpg)
Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Trump administration is making noise about striking Syria, on the grounds that Damascus is planning to use poison gas again. Trump's Neoconservative…![Washington’s Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064418im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/washingtons-supreme-hypocrisy-on-187x137.jpg)
Washington’s Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Army in Idlib is an atrocity and the pictures of dead children tug at the…![Islamic State’s campaign may be going chemical – why no international outcry?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064418im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/islamic-states-campaign-may-be-g-187x137.jpg)