UN-OPCW Probe of Syria Sarin Gas Attack Comes Under Heavy Pressure
A joint UN-OPCW panel tasked with determining who was behind the deadly sarin gas attack in the Syrian town of ...
Tag: Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war
Moscow Says ‘questionable Data’ In Report On Syria Chemical Attack
Russia on Friday dismissed a report by the UN's chemical weapons watchdog that sarin was used as a chemical weapon ...
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 ...
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 site ...
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 said ...
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 used 45 ...
France ‘hiding Truth’ On Suspected Chemical Attack
Syria on Thursday accused France of concealing the real identity of those behind a deadly suspected chemical attack, a day ...
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 attack in rebel-held Syria ...
US Treasury Sanctions Syrian Officials Over Sarin Attack
The US government imposed "sweeping sanctions" on Syrian officials in response to what the US says was a sarin gas ...
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 opposition to a ...
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 set up ...
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 regime ...
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 or ...
US Looking At Possible Russia Collusion In Syria Chem Attack
The United States is looking into whether Russia was complicit in an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian military ...
One Dead In Raid On Syria ‘chemical Attack’ Town
One woman was killed in an air strike Saturday on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, site of a suspected ...
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 chemical attack in Syria ...
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 ...
Autopsy ‘shows Chemical Weapons Used In Syria Attack’
Autopsy results have revealed that chemical weapons were used in an attack which killed more than 80 people in Syria's ...
Trump Condemns ‘affront To Humanity’
US President Donald Trump has condemned the killing of dozens of civilians in northern Syria in an apparent chemical weapons ...
US Hardens Tone On Syria At Emergency UN Meeting
U. S. Ambassador Nikki Haley warned Wednesday that the Trump administration will take action against chemical attacks in Syria that ...