Syria bars access to chemical weapons investigators, says watchdog
Syrian officials have refused access to a newly created chemical weapons investigation team formed to identify culprits behind attacks with banned munitions, the organization's top official said in remarks published on Wednesday. Member countries of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) voted ...
Chlorine was used in 2018 attack on rebel Syrian town of Douma, OPCW watchdog says
The world's chemical weapons watchdog said Friday that chlorine was used against the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma in 2018, in a long-awaited final report on the deadly attack. The report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was based on a ...
Pentagon warns Russia and Assad against tampering with site of alleged Syria chemical attack
The Pentagon warned Russia on Tuesday against interfering with the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria's regime-held city of Aleppo. Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has accused armed groups of carrying out a "toxic gas" attack Saturday that left dozens of people ...
Chemical arms team to assign blame for Syrian attacks despite Russia, Iran opposition
The global chemical weapons watchdog will in February begin to assign blame for attacks with banned munitions in Syria's war, using new powers approved by member states but opposed by Damascus and its key allies Russia and Iran. The agency was handed the new task ...
'No James Bond': Dutch hotel says four alleged Russian spies went quietly
Four alleged Russian spies were arrested by Dutch agents as they walked out of a hotel elevator in The Hague without force and with "no James Bond involved," the manager said Thursday. Dutch security forces said they had seized the men on April 13 as ...
Japanese defense chief may visit the Netherlands and Italy next month
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera is considering visiting the Netherlands and Italy in early September, a senior Defense Ministry official said Saturday. Onodera hopes to hold talks with his counterparts in the two countries to seek their support for efforts to realize North Korea's abandonment of ...
Chemical weapons watchdog finds 'chlorinated chemicals' in Douma, site of attack by Syrian regime
A preliminary report by the world's chemical weapons watchdog says "various chlorinated chemicals" were found at the site of an April attack in Douma, Syria, that killed dozens of civilians and prompted airstrikes by Britain, France and the United States. The Organisation for the Prohibition ...
The United States has credible information that Russia and Syria are trying to "sanitize" the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria while denying access to the area by international inspectors, the State Department said on Thursday. Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the ...
Chemical inspectors launch probe in Syria after Western strikes, look to see if evidence was removed
International inspectors launched their investigation Sunday into an alleged chemical attack near Damascus that prompted an unprecedented wave of Western strikes against Syria's regime. Russian President Vladimir Putin, the regime's top ally, warned that fresh strikes would spark "chaos," but Washington vowed economic sanctions against ...
Syria and Russia ask OPCW experts to inspect alleged chemical attack site in face of U.S. threat
The international chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it was sending a fact-finding mission to the Syrian town where a suspected chemical gas attack took place over the weekend, following a request from the Syrian government and its Russian backers that appeared to be aimed ...
Chemical arms watchdog snubs Russia bid to join spy poisoning probe
An international chemical weapons watchdog rebuffed Russia's request Wednesday to join Britain's investigation of the nerve-agent poisonings of an ex-spy and his daughter in England. Undeterred, Moscow next plans to take its denials of involvement to the U.N. Security Council. Britain said Russia's proposal for ...
Syria chemical attacks becoming routine, U.S. envoy to arms watchdog says
The U.S. envoy to the international chemical weapons watchdog warned Monday that the use of such toxic arms is "becoming routine in the Syrian civil war." Rafael Foley was speaking at a closed meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Executive Council, ...
