Syria has increased activity and building at a chemical weapons development site from 2005 to 2008 according to the British defense news source Janes. Satellite images of the Al Safir site in northwest Syria show a considerable amount of construction.
In addition, the chemical weapons site is located only a short distance from a missile base. Construction at the missile base suggests that Syria has built a new facility to load chemical warheads onto surface-to-surface missiles.