Includes WMD profiles of 11 countries, regional overviews, and reference tables of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and combat aircraft deployed.

Updated: Nov 14, 2006

Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East

Overviews on Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Weapons

• NBC Capabilities
• NBC Treaty Membership

WMD Use and Conflict in the Middle East

• Timeline
• Use
• Preemption
• Chronology

Issue Briefs

• Israel's Nuclear Posture Review
• US-Israel Memorandum of Agreement
• Russian Nuclear and Missile Exports to Iran
• Syria's Scuds and Chemical Weapons

Interactive Resources on Smuggling and Foreign Suppliers

• Iraq's Biological Weapons Program
• Libya's Chemical Weapons Program
• Iran's Nuclear Development
• Reported Nuclear Trafficking Incidents Involving Turkey

Country Profiles of WMD Capabilities, Programs, Use, and Treaty Membership

• Algeria (Updated: April 2006)
• Egypt (Updated: April 2006)
• Iran (Updated: April 2006)
• Iraq (Updated: April 2006)
• Israel (Updated: April 2006)
• Libya (Updated: April 2006)
• Saudi Arabia (Updated: March 2006)
• Sudan (Updated: April 2006)
• Syria (Updated: April 2006)
• Turkey (Corrected: November 2006)
• Yemen (Updated: April 2006)

Delivery Systems

• Ballistic Missiles and SLVs Deployed (Updated: April 2006)
• Cruise Missiles and UAVs Deployed (Updated: April 2006)
• Ballistic Missiles and SLVs Under Development (Updated: April 2006)
• Aircraft Deployed

Range/Payload of Deployed Missiles

• Ballistic Missiles and SLVs Deployed (Updated: April 2006)
• Longest-Range Cruise Missiles Deployed (Updated: April 2006)