Syria gives detailed list of chemical armsSyria has submitted a "more specific" list of its chemical weapons to the global regulator overseeing the destruction of its stockpile after discrepancies were reported by inspectors on the ground, officials said. Damasc More… |
Syria ‘to miss chemical weapons deadline’Security concerns and bureaucracy have caused President Bashar al-Assad's government to miss Tuesday's deadline for the removal of deadly toxins from Syria, the global chemical weapons agency said. Bad weather and a comple More… |
Syria meets deadline to destroy chemical facilitiesSyria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an ambitious disarmament programme, the international chemical weapons watchdog said. Th More… |
Nobel Peace prize for chemical arms watchdogThe Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is currently overseeing the destruction's of Syria's arsenal, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. The $1.25 millio More… |
Chemical weapons agency 'ready' on SyriaInternational inspectors could be rapidly deployed to Syria's borders if any of its neighbours raise an alarm about Damascus using chemical weapons, the deputy head of the OPCW chemical weapons agency said on Monday. While off More… |
Syria, Israel urged to scrap chemical weaponsNations including Syria, Iraq and Israel should join a landmark pact for destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons as they serve hardly any security or strategic purpose, a watchdog agency has said. Rogelio Pfirter, director-general at the More… |