Production Facilities

Syria / Hhalab / as-Safirah /
 military, production, chemical warfare
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El Safir is a highly secured chemical weapons plant. Expansion took place between 1987 and 1995.
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Coordinates:   36°3'26"N   37°20'22"E

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  • Janes have reported that an accident took place at this facility or one of it's surrounding areas where Syrian and Iranian engineers were killed when a chemical warhead they were mounting on a missile came loose allowing a mix of Sarin, VX and mustard gas to escape
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