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Sarin Used In Deadly Attack On Syria Town In April

A fact-finding mission by the UN's chemical watchdog, the OPCW, concluded that sarin was used as a chemical weapon in...

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UN Seeks Security For Syria Gas Attacks Investigators

The United Nations is working to obtain security assurances needed to dispatch an international team of experts to the...

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Chemical Weapons Allegedly Used 45 Times In Syria

Experts from the world's watchdog tasked with destroying chemical weapons are probing reports that toxic arms have been...

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Russian FM Presses US’s Tillerson Over Syria Probe

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced "regret" in a phone call with his US counterpart at Washington's...

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Chemical Arms Watchdog To Vote On Moscow Bid For New Syria Probe

The governing body of the global chemical arms watchdog will Thursday vote on a controversial Russian-Iranian move to...

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‘Incontrovertible’ Sarin Gas Used In Syria

The head of a global arms watchdog said Wednesday that "incontrovertible" test results from an alleged chemical strike...

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Ridding the World of Chemical Weapons

Russia criticised the world's chemical weapons watchdog for not sending experts to the site of an alleged chemical...

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Chemical Watchdog Has ‘ongoing’ Probe Into Syria Attack

The world's chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday it has opened an "ongoing investigation" into the suspected...

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Chemical Watchdog Condemns VX Use In Kim Murder

The world's chemical watchdog Friday condemned the use of the deadly VX nerve agent in the assassination of North...

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‘Shameful’ If Darfur Chemical Attacks Left Unprobed

Amnesty International on Tuesday renewed its call for a UN investigation into suspected chemical weapons attacks by...

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UN Watchdog Examines Eight Alleged Gas Attacks In Syria This Year

A UN chemical weapons watchdog is examining allegations of eight toxic gas attacks in Syria since the beginning of this...

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Britain Urges Malaysia To Share Evidence On Kim VX Attack

Britain on Monday urged Malaysia to share evidence from the lethal VX nerve gas attack on Kim Jong-Un's half-brother...

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UN-OPCW Panel Seeks Names of Syrian Commanders In Gas Attacks Probe

A UN investigative panel is pressing the Syrian government to hand over the names of commanders, military units and...