Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 18:51
The United Nations Security Council was set for a showdown over Syria on Wednesday after Britain sought authorization for Western military action that Russia called premature.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 13:15
A recent report has revealed that the United States didn`t do anything to stop Saddam Hussein from the use of chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, despite sharing intelligence with Baghdad on the matter.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 00:07
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday took strong exception to the attack on the UN team probing allegations of a poison gas attack in Syria and demanded "safety and security" of the team members.
Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 21:32
The West has been unable to produce any evidence to back claims that the Syrian government used chemical weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 21:28
Traces of nerve agent would remain in victims for weeks, easily detectable if UN inspectors can examine people poisoned in last week`s suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, experts said on Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 19:39
A "very serious" US response to an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government does not require UN corroboration that the incident took place, a senior Republican senator said on Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 12:18
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton has said there appears to be `amazing confusion` on the president`s part about how to handle the Syria crisis and reports of chemical weapon use.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 15:28
Syria has strongly denied US claims that it used `chemical weapons` in order to justify its move of providing ` military aid`.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 08:30
US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to brief him on the American finding of use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria.
Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 17:41
Britain Friday agreed with the US assessment of chemical weapons being used in Syria.
Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 17:40
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday that any use of chemical weapons in Syria was "completely unacceptable" and was a breach of international law.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 09:34
The Iraqi authorities claim that they have busted an al Qaeda cell uncovering a plot to use chemical weapon, according to BBC.
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