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Syria Warns of Allied Response In Case of US Attack

The Syrian government on Monday warned that any new attack by Washington on the war-ravaged country would provoke an...

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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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Syrian Forces Used Nerve Gas In Four Recent Attacks

Syrian government forces used deadly nerve gas in Khan Sheikhun and in three other recent attacks, Human Rights Watch...

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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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French Intelligence Blames Syrian Regime For ‘chemical Attack’

A report by French intelligence services blames Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime for a suspected chemical...

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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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Assad Brands Chemical Weapon Claims ‘100 Fabrication’

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who faces international calls to be tried as a war criminal, has branded claims his...

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N. Korea May Be Capable of Sarin-Loaded Missile Attack

North Korea may have the capacity to launch a warhead loaded with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

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N. Korea May Be Capable of Sarin-Loaded Missile Attack

North Korea may have the capacity to launch a warhead loaded with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

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British Tests Point To Sarin Use In Syria

British scientists have analyzed samples from the site of a suspected chemical attack in Syria and concluded that sarin...

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Turkey Says Tests Confirm Sarin Used In Syria Attack

Turkey said on Tuesday that tests proved the deadly nerve agent sarin was used in a suspected chemical attack in...

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Lethal Nerve Gas That Kills In Minutes

The United States believes the Syrian government employed a sarin-like nerve agent in Tuesday's deadly attack in the...

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US Launches Missile Strike Against Syria

US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike against Syria in retaliation for a chemical attack with a...

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Accident Theory In Syria Attack ‘fanciful’

Chemical weapons experts have thrown doubt on Russian claims the attack that killed more than 80 civilians in...

International

Damascus Attaches Conditions To UN Inquiry

The Syrian foreign minister has set out conditions for any UN investigation into the deaths of dozens of people from a...

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The Toxic Mystery Behind Kim Jong-Nam’s Assassination

More than a month after Kim Jong-Nam was murdered in Kuala Lumpur, experts are struggling to make sense of Malaysia's...