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Scores poisoned in Aleppo gas attack, Syria and Russia blame rebels

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More than 100 people were wounded in Syria's Aleppo late on Saturday in a suspected toxic gas attack which the government and...

Chemical weapons watchdog to hold emergency meeting on rising chemical attacks

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Members of the world's chemical weapons watchdog see an alarming rise in the use of the banned weapons and will hold an...

ISS: Sudan is the exception that proves the rule on chemical...

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The recent Amnesty International report into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Sudan makes for difficult reading. Using satellite imagery, expert analysis...

Libya’s stockpile of toxic chemicals removed

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Libya's remaining stockpile of toxic chemicals has been successfully transported abroad in an operation aimed at keeping them safe from militants, the...

Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria – sources

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Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another rebel...

Ships begin transferring Syrian chemical agents in southern Italy

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A Danish ship carrying some of Syria's most dangerous chemical agents began transferring them on Wednesday onto an American cargo vessel equipped...

Syria hands over remaining chemical stockpile, West sceptical

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Syria on Monday handed over the remaining 100 tonnes of toxic material it had reported to the global chemical weapons watchdog, but...

Syria chemical arms destruction deadline won’t be met

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The United Nations has confirmed that the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal will not be completed by June 30, a final deadline...

France says Syria used chlorine in 14 recent attacks

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Syria may have used chemical weapons involving chlorine in 14 attacks in recent months, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday,...

Syria to miss deadline to destroy 12 chemical arms sites-sources at...

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Syria will miss a major deadline next week in the program to destroy its chemical weapons production facilities, sources at the Organisation...

Syria has relinquished about a third of its chemical weapons

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Syria has shipped out about a third of its chemical weapons stockpile, including mustard gas, for destruction abroad, the global chemical arms...

Syria misses deadline to hand over all critical chemicals

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Syria on Wednesday missed a deadline to hand over all the toxic materials it declared to the world's chemical weapons watchdog, putting...

Syria has shipped out less than 5 percent of chemical weapons

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Syria has given up less than 5 percent of its chemical weapons arsenal and will miss next week's deadline to send all...

U.N. confirms chemical arms were used repeatedly in Syria

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Chemical weapons were likely used in five out of seven attacks investigated by U.N. experts in Syria, where a two and a...

Syria meets deadline to destroy chemical production facilities

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Syria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an...

Syria wins cautious praise as chemical disarmament starts

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Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely...

Gaddafi had undeclared chemical weapons stocks

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Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had undeclared stockpiles of chemical weapons, inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...

Libyan chemical weapons stockpile intact – inspectors

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Libya's stockpiles of sulphur mustard agent and chemicals used to make weapons are intact and were not stolen during the uprising that...