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'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›
RUSSIA SPIED ON SKRIPAL AND DAUGHTER FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said it is highly likely that Moscow was behind the attack... READ MORE›
'ONE-TIME SHOT' OR 'SUSTAINED RESPONSE'? SEEKING A TRUMP SYRIA STRATEGY POST-MISSILE STRIKE
Trump says U.S., allies will launch precision strikes until the Syrian government stops the use of chemical weapons... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP DECLARES SYRIAN AIRSTRIKES 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!'
A global chemical warfare watchdog group, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said its fact-finding mission would go as planned in Douma... 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., UK, FRANCE STRIKE SYRIA TO PUNISH ASSAD FOR SUSPECTED POISON GAS USE
Evidence that the nerve agent sarin was also used was inconclusive, he said... 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›
DONALD TRUMP'S SYRIA STRIKES ARE DESIGNED TO HIT ASSAD'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS WHILE LIMITING ESCALATION, BUT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH
But soon there were new reports of chemical weapons attacks, with strong evidence implicating Syrian Government forces... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP: U.S. STRIKES SYRIA OVER USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
The action comes almost a week after rebelsA claimed SyrianA forces killed more than 40 people in a chemical weapons attack in Douma... 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›
SYRIA CRIES OUT FOR AMERICAN CLARITY, NOT CHAOS
After a sarin gas bombing last April that killed 85 civilians, the president ordered a Tomahawk missile strike against a Syrian air base... READ MORE›
RUSSIA SPIED ON SKRIPAL AND DAUGHTER FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said it is highly likely that Moscow was behind the attack... 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›
BROAD ATTACK ON SYRIA WOULD FACE RISK FROM AIR DEFENSES, ESCALATION WITH RUSSIA
Some analysts say the chemical attacks will continue unless Russian and Iran suffer consequences for supporting Assad's tactics... READ MORE›
CHEMICAL WEAPONS WATCHDOG CONFIRMS BRITISH FINDINGS ON NERVE AGENT
Russia's ambassador to Britain, Alexander Yakovenko, has identified the alleged poison as Novichok A-234, derived from an earlier version known as A-232... READ MORE›
500 DOUMA PATIENTS HAD CHEMICAL ATTACK SYMPTOMS, REPORTS SAY
Syria 500 Douma patients had chemical attack symptoms, reports say... 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›
EX-RUSSIAN SPY'S DAUGHTER RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL WEEKS AFTER POISONINGS
Yulia Skripal, who along with her father, an ex-Russian spy, was poisoned with a nerve agent in Britain last month, has been discharged from hospital... READ MORE›
SYRIA 'CHEMICAL ATTACK': WHAT WE KNOW
Syria war What we know about Douma 'chemical attack'... READ MORE›
TRUMP VOWS QUICK DECISION ON SYRIA AFTER SUSPECTED CHEMICAL ATTACK
An alleged chemical weapons attack affected people in the rebel-held town of Douma, Syria... READ MORE›
RUSSIA ACCUSES ISRAEL OF DEADLY ATTACK ON SYRIAN AIR BASE
Australia condemned Saturday's reported chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime in Ghouta... READ MORE›
TRUMP PROMISES QUICK DECISION ON SYRIA RESPONSE
The Pentagon chief said he would not rule out a U.S. military strike against Syria in response to a suspected poison gas attack... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP AUTHORIZE ANOTHER STRIKE ON SYRIA?
Syria also signs on to the Chemical Weapons Convention, which prohibits countries from producing, stockpiling or using chemical weapons... READ MORE›
DAMASCUS DENIES BEING BEHIND REPORTED GAS ATTACK ON CIVILIANS IN SYRIAN REBEL ENCLAVE OF GHOUTA
A Syrian rebel group accused government forces Saturday of dropping a barrel bomb containing poisonous chemicals on civilians in eastern Ghouta, and a medi... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS, MEDICS: GAS ATTACK NEAR SYRIAN CAPITAL KILLS 40
The alleged attack in the town of Douma occurred late Saturday amid a resumed offensive by Syrian government forces after the collapse of a truce... READ MORE›
SCORES FEARED DEAD IN SYRIA 'CHEMICAL ATTACK' AS US DEMANDS INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE AFTER 'HORRIFYING' REPORTS
Scores feared dead in Syria 'chemical attack' as US demands international response after 'horrifying' reports... 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›
POISONED RUSSIAN AGENT SERGEI SKRIPAL RECOVERING RAPIDLY, HOSPITAL SAYS
Britain blamed Russia for the poisoning, the first known offensive use of such a nerve agent on European soil since World War Two... READ MORE›
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DAD CRADLES DEAD TWINS AFTER SYRIAN GAS ATTACK
Dr. Shajul Islam, who works in northern Syria, shared images showing the aftermath of the attack in rebel-held Idlib province... READ MORE›
10 MILLIGRAMS ON THE SKIN CAN KILL
Here is what you need to know about the highly toxic chemical What is VX nerve agent?... READ MORE›
'THE DEAD WERE WHEREVER YOU LOOKED'
The victims' symptoms are consistent with sarin, the nerve agent that was dropped on an opposition-held area near Damascus in 2013, killing more than 1,000 people... READ MORE›
PENTAGON SAYS RUSSIA COULD HAVE STOPPED SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK
The U.S. airstrikes were carefully designed to avoid hitting Russian personnel at the Syrian air base, U.S. officials said Friday... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S ABE WARNS NORTH KOREA COULD FIRE SARIN-LOADED MISSILE
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea might be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan... READ MORE›
SARIN GAS, SUSPECTED IN SYRIA, IS AN 'OFF SWITCH' FOR THE BODY
Sarin as a banned, human-made chemical warfare agent classified as a nerve agent... READ MORE›
TRUMP LAUNCHES MISSILE ATTACK ON SYRIAN AIRBASE
Speaking Thursday night, Trump said Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent... 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›
VX NERVE AGENT USED TO KILL KIM JONG NAM, POLICE SAY
Bakar, the Malaysian police inspector-general, accused North Korea of impeding the investigation... READ MORE›
PROBE REVEALS CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE IN HAMA
Syria Probe reveals chemical weapons use in Hama... READ MORE›
POISONED DOOR HANDLE HINTS AT HIGH-LEVEL PLOT TO KILL SPY, U.K. OFFICIALS SAY
But the assassins knew the nerve agent would be identified, and knew it would be linked to Russia, the officials said... READ MORE›
DEADLY NERVE AGENT SARIN USED IN SYRIA ATTACK, TURKISH HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS
The global chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday that it has initiated contact with Syrian authorities as it investigates the attack... READ MORE›
BRITAIN SAYS IT HAS PROOF RUSSIA STOCKPILED LETHAL NERVE AGENT
Mr. Johnson said Russia has been actively researching the use of nerve agents for use in assassinations within the past decade... 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›
FATHER BURIES HIS INFANT TWINS KILLED IN SYRIA GAS ATTACK
There are no warehouses, no factories anywhere in Khan Sheikoun, Mr Youssef said... 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›
YULIA SKRIPAL'S HEALTH IMPROVES AFTER NERVE AGENT ATTACK
Police believe the Skripals first came into contact with the nerve agent at Sergei Skripal's home in Salisbury, pictured on March 6... READ MORE›
EVEN HITLER DIDN'T 'SINK' TO USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS LIKE ASSAD HAS, SEAN SPICER CLAIMS
We deplore Russia's continued defence of the Assad regime even after the chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians... 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›
ASSAD STILL POSSESSES CHEMICAL WEAPONS: JAMES MATTIS
Russia, Assad's principal ally, has asserted that a Syrian government air strike hit a rebel chemical weapons factory, causing the disaster... READ MORE›
SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT DEADLY AIR RAID
Syria chemical weapons attack what we know about deadly air raid... READ MORE›
VX NERVE AGENT A DEADLY WEAPON RARELY SEEN
In the 1960s, testing of a nerve agent that may have been VX led to the accidental deaths of thousands of sheep in Utah... READ MORE›
BRITAIN ACCUSES RUSSIA OF SECRETLY STOCKPILING DEADLY NERVE AGENT USED IN ATTACK
Britain accuses Russia of secretly stockpiling deadly nerve agent used in attack... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK LIKELY INVOLVED A BANNED NERVE AGENT
The Syrian government has denied any involvement in Tuesday's attacks or using chemical weapons... 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›
RUSSIA EXPELS DIPLOMATS FROM 23 COUNTRIES AS SPY ROW WORSENS
Britain's government says the nerve agent used in the attack, Novichok, was developed in Russia... READ MORE›
5) THE SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF OTHER NERVE AGENTS
5 The symptoms are similar to those of other nerve agents It is thought Novichok agents have similar effects to other nerve agents... READ MORE›
UK TO ASK EU LEADERS TO EXPEL RUSSIAN SPIES FROM OWN COUNTRIES
A unified response from European leaders may not be forthcoming, with Greece in particular appearing to be resistant to comprehensively assigning blame to the Russian state... READ MORE›
KIM JONG-NAM 'DIED ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER VX POISONING'
Kim died after falling ill on February 13 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport after two women allegedly wiped his face with the nerve agent... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN HIT SQUAD PUT POISON ON SERGEI SKRIPAL'S FRONT DOOR, POLICE BELIEVE
A Russian hit squad poisoned Sergei Skripal and his daughter by smearing nerve agent on his front door, police disclosed last night... READ MORE›