The number, far higher than any previous estimate, poses a test for the new government. Experts fear that sarin, chlorine and ...

Gas Several types of gas were used as a weapon in World War One. Mustard gas caused severe blistering and burns. Four thousand British soldiers were killed by mustard gas. Chlorine gas had a ...

The first truly global military conflict, World War I, scarred and reshaped entire generations of men and women. For many, it ...

As the title implies, the author spends much time on the use of poison gas in the war and the first chapter discusses the entire "problem" of discussing its use. This was both mustard gas bombs ...

In 53 years of Assad family rule, Syria’s government made chemical weapons by the ton, from giant vats of World War I-era mustard gas to nerve ... amount of sarin — one of the most lethal ...