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The Barzah scientific research centre, also known as the Barzah Scientific Research Facility, is a facility of the
The Barzah scientific research centre, also known as the Barzah Scientific Research Facility, is a facility of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center
The Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC), better known by its French name ''Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques'' (''CERS''), is a Syrian government agency that has the goal of advancing and coordinating scientific activities i ...
(SSRC or CERS) located in Barzeh, Damascus. Several buildings at the centre alleged to be associated with a Syrian chemical weapons programme were destroyed during the 2018 missile strikes against Syria
On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time (UTC+3), the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes involving aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple government sites in Syria during ...
during the Syrian Civil War. Other buildings within the larger complex were undamaged.
In a press conference on April 13, 2018 US Defense Secretary
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Jim Mattis
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and Marine General Joseph Dunford
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claimed that this center is used for the research, development, production and testing of chemical and biological weaponry.
Previous reports by OPCW stated that investigators from the organization inspected Barzah facility from 14 to 21 November 2017 and their report concluded that the analysis of samples taken during the inspections did not indicate the presence of prohibited chemicals in the samples. The inspection team did not observe activities inconsistent with obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention during the second round of inspections at the Barzah facility.
See also
*Him Shanshar military installation
The Him Shinshar military installation was a Syrian government military site located west of Homs
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, also targeted during the 2018 bombing
References
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