[xzins]

Syria began developing chemical weapons in 1973, just before the Yom Kipper War. Global Security.org cites the country as having one of the most advanced chemical weapons programs in the Middle East.

Syria and Saddam's Iraq were both led by the Ba'ath Party. They share the same border. Iraq has oil and Syria doesn't.

What's the odds that they didn't cooperate during the so-called "inspections" for WMDs in Iraq?

[George W. Bush]

Syria and Saddam's Iraq were both led by the Ba'ath Party. They share the same border. Iraq has oil and Syria doesn't. What's the odds that they didn't cooperate during the so-called "inspections" for WMDs in Iraq?

You could say exactly the same for Russia and China during the Cold War. And yet we know that they were far more rivals than allies until the Soviets were approaching their collapse in the Eighties.