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The G7 Leaders have condemned in the strongest possible terms the use of chemical weapons in attacks in Eastern Ghouta, in Syria and voiced support to the airstrikes launched by the United States, the United Kingdom and France in response Read more
UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Monday briefed the emergency Security Council meeting following reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria over the weekend. The recent escalating violence across Syria, including allegations of chemical weapons use Read more
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has warned the Syrian regime against the use of chemical weapons after reports of chlorine gas being used by Assad forces against civilians in Eastern Ghouta surfaced. Mattis did not rule out a military action Read more
Russia has vetoed a Japanese-drafted UN Security Council resolution on renewing a joint mechanism to investigate who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria. It is the third veto of an extension for the chemical weapons investigators in the past Read more
Some residents of the Khan Sheikhoun have been seen vomiting, fainting with foaming coming out from their mouths, with reports putting the number of casualties at 68, and the treated injured at hundreds. If confirmed, it would be one of Read more
The operation to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons will go beyond the June 30 deadline, UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon has announced. The delay is due to the difficulty of safely transporting the remaining 7,2% of the stock left in the Read more
A defected Syrian general, Major-General Adnan Sillu, has admitted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is on the verge of transferring his chemical weapons to the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. According to him, there are plans by the Assad regime to Read more