Location: Major port on Syrian northern coast; specific facility location unknown.
Subordinate to: Syrian government, CERS
Size: Unknown
Primary Function: Possible chemical weapons production facility for sarin, mustard, and VX
Description:
Very little information exists about this facility. It was presumably constructed in the early to mid-1980s along with all other Syrian CW production facilities. It reportedly produces mustard agents, sarin, and VX.
Key Sources: "Syria's 'nerve gas' missiles," Jane's Foreign Report, 31 July 2003, <http://www.janes.com>.
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