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ANALYSIS | INVESTIGATORS MAY FINALLY BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK SITE. HERE'S WHAT THEY'LL TRY TO DO.
11 days after the attack, the OPCW will finally be allowed access to the suspected chemical weapons attack site near Damascus... READ MORE›
MOSCOW HAS 'IRREFUTABLE' EVIDENCE CHEM ATTACK IN SYRIA'S DOUMA WAS STAGED - RUSSIA'S ENVOY TO OPCW
Washington and its allies launched a missile strike targeting Syrian military and civilian facilities on Saturday, in retaliation for the alleged chemical attack in Douma... READ MORE›
RUSSIA ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH THE SITE OF ALLEGED SYRIAN CHEMICAL ATTACK
Russia, a longtime ally of the Syrian government, intervened militarily in 2015 to help turn the tide of the civil war... READ MORE›
RUSSIA MAY HAVE TAMPERED WITH CHEMICAL ATTACK SITE
Syria conflict Russia may have tampered with chemical attack site, US envoy says... READ MORE›
SYRIA ATTACK TRIGGERED WESTERN ACTION, BUT ON THE GROUND ASSAD GAINED
These included its legalization as a political party, and a requirement that the Syrian army stay out of Douma... READ MORE›
'BARBARIC USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS'
The Syrian Regime has an abhorrent record of using chemical weapons against its own people... READ MORE›
LITTLE-KNOWN EASTERN GHOUTA HAS BECOME THE FOCAL POINT OF ONGOING CONFLICT
Syrian gas attack Little-known Eastern Ghouta has become the focal point of ongoing conflict... READ MORE›
RUSSIA MAY HAVE TAMPERED WITH CHEMICAL ATTACK SITE, U.S. ENVOY SAYS
A diplomatic source said evidence may have been removed while inspectors negotiated access with Syrian authorities to the site of the chemical attack in Syria's Douma... READ MORE›
US SAYS AIR STRIKES CRIPPLE SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM
The United States, France and Britain launched 105 missiles overnight in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack in Syria... READ MORE›
US SAYS SYRIA USED BOTH CHLORINE AND SARIN IN DOUMA CHEMICAL ATTACK
Vice President Mike Pence said the strikes, degraded and crippled chemical weapons capabilities of Syria ... READ MORE›
'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' IN SYRIA, TRUMP DECLARES ON TWITTER
He authorized a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles to hit a single Syrian airfield in April 2017 in retaliation for Assad's use of sarin gas against civilians... READ MORE›
CERTAIN OF GAS ATTACK, ALLIES STRUCK SYRIA BEFORE U.N. REPORT
Chlorine has legitimate industrial and other civilian uses, so it is not banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention... READ MORE›
IN SYRIA STRIKES, U.S. BLURS RED LINE FOR INTERVENTION
A sarin attack triggered Trump's decision last year to strike a Syrian air base... READ MORE›
A HISTORY OF THE SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS 'RED LINE'
Meanwhile Assad's Russian ally has continued to deny that the Syrian government still has an arsenal of chemical weapons... READ MORE›
US-LED STRIKES ON SYRIA: WHAT WAS HIT?
The US says missiles hit targets associated with the Syrian regime's chemical weapons programme ... READ MORE›
U.S. SAYS AIR STRIKES CRIPPLE SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM
Syria agreed in 2013 to give up its chemical weapons after a nerve gas attack killed hundreds of people in Douma... READ MORE›
GOAL OF SYRIA STRIKES WAS TO PREVENT CHEMICAL WATCHDOG'S FACT-FINDING MISSION IN DOUMA - MOSCOW
Moscow pointed out that the Western allies ignored evidence provided by Syria and Russia that the alleged chemical attack was actually staged in a cynical manner... READ MORE›
UK ACCUSES RUSSIA OF SPYING ON SERGEI SKRIPAL FOR FIVE YEARS
The OPCW confirmed on Thursday that the lethal poison used in the attack on the Skripals was a military-grade nerve agent of high purity ... READ MORE›
UK SAYS RUSSIA SPIED ON SKRIPALS FOR 'AT LEAST 5 YEARS'
Sedwill also alleges that in the 2000s, Russia developed a chemical warfare programme designed to deliver nerve agents, including by application to door handles ... READ MORE›
WATCHDOG OPCW CONFIRMS U.K. FINDINGS OF NERVE AGENT THAT POISONED RUSSIAN EX-SPY
The world's chemical arms watchdog on Thursday confirmed Britain's findings on the identity of a nerve agent used on a former Russian spy, which London has... READ MORE›
CHEMICAL WATCHDOG CONFIRMS UK FINDINGS ON NERVE AGENT USED ON RUSSIAN SPY
Johnson said the chemical was a military grade nerve agent... READ MORE›
TRUMP NOW SAYS SYRIA ATTACK COULD BE 'VERY SOON OR NOT SO SOON AT ALL'
Trump's initial tweet Thursday about timing included a complaint about the military burden shouldered by the United States... READ MORE›
500 SYRIA PATIENTS HAD CHEMICAL ATTACK SYMPTOMS
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that missiles will be coming in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria, defying Russian warnings against a strike... READ MORE›
MISSILES 'WILL BE COMING' TO SYRIA, TRUMP SAYS AFTER RUSSIA WARNS AGAINST U.S. STRIKE
The tweet came as Trump administration officials have consulted with global allies on a possible joint military response to Syria's alleged poison gas attack... READ MORE›
AS RUSSIA WARNS AGAINST U.S. STRIKE, TRUMP THREATENS MISSILES IN TWEET
The tweet came as Trump administration officials have consulted with global allies on a possible joint military response to Syria's alleged poison gas attack... READ MORE›
ASSAD INVITES CHEMICAL WEAPONS INSPECTORS TO INVESTIGATE SUSPECTED ATTACK IN SYRIA
Dozens of buses arrived in rebel-held Douma on Tuesday, carrying Syrian insurgents who agreed to surrender following the suspected chemical attack, a monitoring group said... READ MORE›
CHEMICAL WEAPONS WATCHDOG TO SEND INSPECTORS TO SYRIA
The Syrian government and its Russian backers strongly deny the allegations, and have questioned whether a chemical weapons attack took place... READ MORE›
RUSSIA CALLS FOR UN INQUIRY INTO CHEMICAL ATTACK AS TRUMP SKIPS SUMMIT
Syrian opposition rescue workers and medics said more than 40 people died and hundreds injured in the poison gas attack... READ MORE›
SYRIA 'CHEMICAL ATTACK': WHAT WE KNOW
Syria war What we know about Douma 'chemical attack'... READ MORE›
'BIG PRICE TO PAY' FOR SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK
Trump 'big price to pay' for syria chemical weapons attack... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Chemical Weapons Convention
MOSCOW CONFRONTS LONDON WITH 14 QUESTIONS ON 'FABRICATED' SKRIPAL CASE
Does the UK have control samples of the chemical warfare agent, which British representatives refer to as Novichok ?... READ MORE›
ASSAD: SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK '100 PERCENT FABRICATION'
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said a suspected chemical weapons attack was a fabrication to justify a US military strike, AFP news agency reported... READ MORE›
'CLEARLY A WAR CRIME': INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DENOUNCES CHEMICAL ATTACK IN SYRIA BUT FAILS TO ACT
Chemical weapons experts say Tuesday's attack appears to show that the Syrian regime did not hand over its entire stockpile to be destroyed... READ MORE›
'I COULDN'T SAVE ANYONE. THEY'RE ALL DEAD NOW:' MAN LOSES 22 FAMILY MEMBERS IN SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK
Then Abdel Hameed Alyousef took them to a mass grave where 22 members of his family were being buried... READ MORE›
IDLIB HOSPITALS OVERWHELMED AFTER SUSPECTED GAS ATTACK
UN weighs possible war-crime probe as medical workers in rebel-held Idlib province struggle to cope with casualties... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN SUSPECTED CHEMICAL ATTACK ON SYRIAN REBEL ENCLAVE
Dozens of people have been killed in what local medics said was a toxic gas attack on the besieged town of Douma near Damascus... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP BLAMES BARACK OBAMA FOR SYRIA 'CHEMICAL WEAPONS' ATTACK
An earlier report by the same team blamed Syrian government troops for chlorine attacks in Talmenes in March 2014 and Sarmin in March 2015... READ MORE›
THE HOLES IN RUSSIAS ACCOUNT OF THE SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK
The Russian government has sharply contested accounts by witnesses and international leaders of a chemical attack that killed more than 100 people in northern Syria on Tuesday... READ MORE›
SYRIAN GOVT HAS NO CHEMICAL WEAPONS, 'ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO USE IT' - RUSSIAN MOD
The international experts also conducted additional checks at Syrian government facilities that were not related to the production or storage of chemical weapons... READ MORE›
PROBE REVEALS CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE IN HAMA
Syria Probe reveals chemical weapons use in Hama... READ MORE›
'I SAW NO EVIDENCE OF EXECUTIONS IN SYRIA AS REPORTED BY WHITE HELMETS & MSM SOURCES'
Basically there have been many allegations of chemical use by the Syrian government... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
In his brief statement, President Trump did not make broad claims or suggest further action was in the offing... READ MORE›
ISIS USED CHEMICAL ARMS AT LEAST 52 TIMES IN SYRIA AND IRAQ REPORT SAYS
Mosul was at the center of the Islamic State's chemical weapons production, Mr. Strack said... READ MORE›
REBEL WAREHOUSE WITH CHEM WEAPONS HIT BY SYRIAN AIRSTRIKE IN IDLIB - RUSSIAN MOD
Rebel warehouse with chem weapons hit by Syrian airstrike in Idlib - Russian MOD -- RT News... READ MORE›
SYRIA HANDS OVER EVIDENCE OF MUSTARD GAS ATTACK BY REBELS ON CIVILIANS TO OPCW (VIDEO)
Basically, there have been many allegations of chemical use by the Syrian government it's been used for numerous years to demonize the Syrian government... READ MORE›
SYRIA 'CHEMICAL ATTACK' DOWN TO ASSAD, US SAYS
The White House says it is confident Bashar al-Assad's government was behind an apparent chemical attack that killed at least 58 people in north-west Syria... READ MORE›
RUSSIA BLOCKS U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNATION OF SYRIA ATTACK
It was the eighth time during Syria's six-year-old civil war that Moscow has used its veto power on the Security Council to shield Assad's government... READ MORE›
POSTMORTEMS CONFIRM SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK, TURKEY SAYS
The medical results from Turkey came as the Syrian foreign minister denied that his government used chemical weapons in the attack... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON SYRIA 'GAS ATTACK'
The UN Security Council on Wednesday opened a meeting on a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed at least 72 of people, including 20 children... READ MORE›
DRONE VIDEO OF SYRIA MISSILE STRIKE AFTERMATH RELEASED BY RUSSIAN MOD
However, the governor of Homs told RT that at least five people had been killed, three of whom were Syrian soldiers... READ MORE›
FRENCH INTELLIGENCE SAYS ASSAD FORCES CARRIED OUT SARIN ATTACK
The chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun killed scores of people, according to a war monitor, Syrian opposition groups and Western countries... READ MORE›
FATHER MOURNS 22 RELATIVES KILLED IN SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK, INCLUDING TWINS
Abdel Hameed Alyousef's wife and twins were among more than 80 people killed in the attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun on Tuesday... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: U.N. INQUIRY BLAMES SYRIAN MILITARY FOR CHLORINE BOMB ATTACKS - SOURCE
Had not responded to Syrian requests to investigate alleged use of chemical weapons by insurgents... READ MORE›
US 'DELIBERATELY AVOIDED BOMBING SARIN STOCKPILE AT ASSAD AIRBASE' DURING TRUMP AIR STRIKES
A stockpile of sarin was being held at the Syrian airbase targeted by US air strikes following a chemical attack, American officials have said... READ MORE›
TRUMP ORDERED SYRIAN AIR STRIKE BEFORE DINNER WITH XI
Trump was at his Florida estate for his first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping... READ MORE›
OPCW'S BLOCK OF ON-SITE PROBE SHOWS WESTERN POWERS NOW AIMING TO OUST ASSAD - LAVROV
On Thursday, the OPCW's executive council overwhelmingly rejected a proposal from Russia and Iran for a new investigation into the Idlib chemical incident... READ MORE›
WHITE SMOKE SIGNALED GAS ATTACK ON SYRIAN TOWN
The explosions woke up civil defense worker Khaled al-Nasr just after 6 30 a.m... READ MORE›
MOSCOW SLAMS FRENCH REPORT ON SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK AS INFERIOR SUBSTITUTE TO STALLED OPCW PROBE
Moscow slams French report on Syria chemical attack as inferior substitute to stalled OPCW probe -- RT News... READ MORE›
UK AND US GIVEN CASE FILE ON 'NERVE AGENT MADE IN RUSSIAN LAB'
Russia did not publicly declare its Foliant programme before signing the 1993 chemical weapons convention, limiting known data about the nerve agent's properties... READ MORE›
US ACCUSES MOSCOW OF 'SOWING DOUBT' OVER NARRATIVE OF ASSAD'S CULPABILITY IN CHEMICAL ATTACK
US accuses Moscow of 'sowing doubt' over narrative of Assad's culpability in chemical attack -- RT News... READ MORE›