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A child is treated in hospital following the 4 April attack on Khan Sheikhun

'Incontrovertible' sarin used in Syria attack - OPCW

The head of a global arms watchdog said that "incontrovertible" test results from an alleged chemical strike in Syria showed sarin gas or a similar substance had been used.

World • 19 Apr 17

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Moscow

'Low level of trust' between US and Russia - Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said there was a "low level of trust" between Moscow and Washington after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

World • 12 Apr 17

Many children were among those killed and injured in the attack

Death toll in suspected Syria chemical attack now at 72

The death toll from a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town has risen to 86, 30 of them children, a monitoring group has said.

World • 05 Apr 17

The United Nations has been told that militants have seized one of Saddam Hussein's former chemical weapons factories

53 men found bound and executed in southern Iraq

Iraqi security forces have found the bodies of 53 men who had been bound and executed in a religiously mixed province south of Baghdad, police and medical officials said.

News • 09 Jul 14

Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the OPCW, told a press conference in The Hague that the ship carrying the weapons has left Syria

Remaining chemical weapons removed from Syria

The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons have been removed from the country and are destined to be destroyed at sea according to the world's chemical weapons watchdog.

News • 23 Jun 14

Chemical weapons from Syria after destruction in Germany

Syria still has nearly 8% of chemical weapons

Syria still holds around 8% of its declared chemical weapons material, despite the deadline for it to be handed over expiring this morning, the task force overseeing the operation has said.

News • 27 Apr 14

Francois Hollande said France 'had elements of information' that Syria was using chemical weapons

France: 'Indications' Syria using chemical weapons

France has "information" but no firm proof that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime is still using chemical weapons, President Francois Hollande said today.

News • 20 Apr 14

Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons as part of a plan to avert US-backed military strikes

Nearly half of Syrian chemicals removed

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has said that almost half of Syria's declared chemical stockpile has now been removed from the country, including its entire stock of lethal mustard gas.

News • 20 Mar 14

Journalists attend a press conference held by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Tripoli

Libya destroys last of Gaddafi's chemical weapons

Libya has destroyed the last known large stockpile of chemical weapons from the era of Muammar Gaddafi, officials have said.

News • 05 Feb 14

The Syrian regime has launched a fierce aerial bombardment on rebel-held areas of Aleppo

Syrian forces target Aleppo with barrel bombs

Syrian army helicopters have carried out new raids over the northern city of Aleppo, dropping explosive-packed barrel bombs as they press a punishing aerial assault.

News • 04 Feb 14

Norwegian marines were tasked with assisting in the transport of chemical agents from Syria

First batch of chemical weapons moved from Syria

Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in the most crucial phase of an internationally-backed disarmament programme.

News • 07 Jan 14

Norwegian ships are waiting to remove chemical weapons from Syria

Delays cause Syria to miss chemical deadline

Security concerns and bureaucracy have caused President Bashar al-Assad's government to miss today's deadline for the removal of deadly toxins from Syria.

News • 31 Dec 13

The chemical weapons attack was denied by Assad regime in August

Syrian chemical weapons deadline 'may be missed'

Deadly toxins that were to have been removed from Syria by 31 December under an international effort to rid the country of its chemical arsenal have not yet been delivered to port to be put on ships, a senior Russian diplomat has said.

News • 28 Dec 13

An injured Syrian youth cries as he is carried on a gurney following an airstrike in the Maadi neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo

China ship to help Syria weapons destruction

China is to send a military ship to help protect a specially adapted US vessel that will destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.

News • 19 Dec 13

The UN report noted that in several cases the victims included government soldiers and civilians

UN confirms chemical arms were used in Syria

Chemical weapons were likely used in five out of seven attacks investigated by UN experts in Syria, according to the final report of a UN inquiry.

News • 13 Dec 13

Albanian environmental activists celebrate in Tirana after their country rejected international plans to host destruction of Syrian chemical weapons

US plays down Albanian stance on Syrian weapons

The US State Department in Washington is playing down the set back of Albania's refusal to destroy Syrian chemical weapons.

News • 16 Nov 13

Inspectors visited 21 out 23 chemical weapons sites

Syria chemical weapons equipment 'destroyed'

Syria has destroyed all its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, says the international watchdog OPCW.

News • 31 Oct 13

UN-backed mission to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal is set to continue until next year

Four aid workers released in Syria

Four of the seven aid workers who were abducted by gunmen in northwest Syria yesterday have been released.

News • 14 Oct 13

Vladimir Putin and John Kerry met at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation trade summit in Bali

Russia & US agree on elimination of Syria weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country and the United States have agreed on how to eliminate chemical weapons in Syria.

News • 08 Oct 13

Three incidents of alleged chemical weapons use around Damascus being investigated

US & Russia agree draft UN resolution on Syria

The United States and Russia have agreed on a draft UN Security Council resolution that would demand that Syria give up its chemical weapons.

News • 27 Sep 13

UN inspectors found evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria

Russia and US agree UN draft on Syria

The US and Russia have reached an agreement on a draft UN Security Council resolution aimed at ridding Syria of its chemical weapons.

News • 26 Sep 13

Hassan Rouhani said he did not seek to increase tension with the US

Rouhani calls for 'consistent voice' from US

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed hope that US President Barack Obama would not be swayed by "war-mongering pressure groups" at home in dealing with the Iranian nuclear dispute.

News • 24 Sep 13

Professor Ake Sellstrom (L), head of chemical weapons team hands over the report to Ban Ki-moon (Pic: UN)

UN confirms sarin gas was used in Syria attacks

United Nations inspectors have confirmed they found "clear and convincing evidence" that poison sarin gas was used in an attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus on 21 August.

News • 17 Sep 13

Ladkhar Brahimi (C) held talks in Geneva with John Kerry (L) and Sergei Lavrov on the Syrian situation

Fresh drive for Syrian peace conference

The United States and Russia are "coming to agreement" on the size of Syria's weapons stockpiles, a US official has said.

News • 13 Sep 13

Bashar al-Assad challenged the US and France to provide proof that his regime was responsible for the attacks

Assad denies responsibility for chemical attacks

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied allegations that his forces were behind chemical attacks in Damascus last month.

News • 02 Sep 13