May 31, 2023
US slaps more sanctions on Syria
The move marks Washington’s first action targeting Damascus since its readmittance to the Arab League. By Erin Viner The US Treasury Department issued a statement accusing the two entities and…
Jan 07, 2022
UN concerned over chemical weapons in Syria
Damascus’ declaration of its chemical weapons program “cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies,” the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council. By Jonathan Hessen and Erin Viner…
Dec 14, 2021
Israel reportedly hit Syria chemical arms sites
Israel twice struck chemical weapons facilities in Syria over the past 2 years in a mission to prevent the neighboring Arab Republic from renewing chemical weapons production, the Washington Post…
Nov 22, 2018
Russia fails to undercut new powers granted to OPCW
Members of the OPCW, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, overwhelmingly rejected a Russian-led initiative to undercut new powers granted to the agency, which provide the chemical weapons…
Sep 11, 2018
U.S. threatens the Assad regime, amid intensified bombings of Idlib
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton threatened the Assad regime, once again, to avoid all use of chemical weapons in the upcoming offensive – vowing to respond much stronger ever…
May 31, 2017
Putin: ‘Convinced Assad didn’t use chemical weapons”
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed any suggestion that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces were behind a chemical attack that killed scores of people in the rebel-held Idlib province, back in…