How chemical weapons have helped bring Assad close to victory

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45586903?ocid=socialflow_twitter

Nina Severin

This article by BBC news explains the use of chemical weapons Assad imposes on his country causing him to maintain the role of Syria's President. They start off by explaining what chemical weapons are as well as the effect they have. Not only do they show data proving the attacks are done by the regime but it shows how strategic the attacks are but where and how severe they were. I found this article interesting because we were talking in class about Syria and seeing the data is astounding. Something that shocked me was the plentiful use of chlorine because you would not normally think of swimming pool chemicals being used to killed hundreds of people. A point made in the article is the difficulty of identifying chlorine as stated "If you go to a site where a chlorine attack has happened, it's almost impossible to get physical evidence from the environment - unless you're there within a very short period of time," said Mr Tangaere, the former OPCW inspector" (al-Maghafi). This statement explains why Assad would use it because it is hard to prove causing him to be victorious in striking his citizens and getting away with it.