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See what Syrian hazmat team found while searching for chemical weapons

By Brice Laine and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN

Updated 9:51 AM EST, Mon January 6, 2025

Volunteers from the Syrian Civil Defense, the volunteer organization also known as the White Helmets, inspect the site of a suspected Assad regime chemical laboratory inside a State Security facility in Damascus, Syria.

See what Syrian hazmat team found while searching for chemical weapons

After the fall of the Assad regime, residents in a suburb of Damascus found what appears to be a secret laboratory full of potentially toxic substances that could be used to make illicit drugs or chemical weapons, and what appeared to be an explosives workshop. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports from Jaramana.

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Volunteers from the Syrian Civil Defense, the volunteer organization also known as the White Helmets, inspect the site of a suspected Assad regime chemical laboratory inside a State Security facility in Damascus, Syria.

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