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US will hit Assad if chemical arms used, Bolton warns RussiaThe US has told Russia it is ready to take strong military action against Syria if President Bashar Al Assad uses chemical weapons to recapture one of his country’s last rebel-held areas, reported Bloomberg citing four peop More… |
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Russia foils plot to attack chemical arms facilityRussian authorities said on Tuesday they had foiled a plot by Islamist radicals to bomb a chemical weapons facility and had arrested two suspects from the North Caucasus, where Moscow is battling an Islamist insurgency. More… |
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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… |
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UN eyes 100-strong Syria chemical arms teamUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday told the Security Council that the international team of experts who will oversee the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons will number around 100 and will likely require help from UN member sta More… |
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How Kerry's off-hand remark put a deal on SyriaWhether deft diplomacy or a rhetorical stumble, US Secretary of State John Kerry has managed to crack open the door to a possible solution to the Syrian crisis that could get President Barack Obama and US lawmakers out of a bind, save Syria from More… |
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Syrian chemical arms safe, says IsraelSyrian President Bashar al-Assad retains control of the country's reputed chemical weapons and they are not sought by his Hezbollah guerrilla allies in neighboring Lebanon, a senior Israeli official said. More… |
