Belgian Companies Being Probed For Possibly Selling Chemical Weapon Ingredients To Syria
(WorldNews Belgium)

Belgian prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into whether three Belgian firms provided a chemical to Syria that could have been used to make chemical weapons in violation of sanctions imposed in 2013 in response to a chemical attack outside Damascus, Buzzfeed News reports. The investigation was launched after researchers from bellingcat.com and the Flemish news site knack.com used a United Nations database of chemical sales to determine the three Belgian firms had sold an estimated 96 metric tons of isopropanol that was refined to 95 percent strength to the Syrians between 2014 and 2016. Prosecutors confirmed Wednesday that a criminal investigation into the matter had been...