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In 1992 Kenneth R. Timmerman published a monograph by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles which presented the first detailed accounts of Syria's chemical weapons and missile programs. Weapons of Mass Destruction: the Cases of Iran, Syria, and Libya [August 1992] is still cited by scholars and government researchers as an authority.

"Briefing document: Syrian CW programs" Mednews - Middle East Defense News September 28, 1992; Vol. 5, No. 24

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By 1997 some reports suggested that China had assisted Syria in the modernization of Scud-B missiles, with North Korea and Iran (with Chinese assistance) participating in constructing underground facilities near Aleppo and Hama for the joint production of Scud-C missiles (under North Korean technology and M-9 missiles under Chinese technology).

Syria has used the expansion of its pharmaceuticals industry as a cover for purchases relating to its chemical weapons program. Several dual-use sites are of concern, including a pharmaceuticals plant in Aleppo that as of 1991 remained unfinished since 1989, after the Syrian government had invested nearly $40 million in its construction.

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