Major provocations using chemical weapons planned in Syria – Russia’s Ministry of Defense
TASS – Major provocations with the alleged use of chemical weapons are planned in Syria with the participation of foreign specialists, Russian…
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US using chemical weapons as pretext for intervention in Syria: President Assad
Press TV – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the United States is using the issue of chemical weapons as a pretext to…
Iran condemns use of chemical weapons, aggression under its excuse
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday Iran as the biggest victims of chemical weapons denounces use of…
Trump needs a plan for Israel’s confrontation with Iran
Foreign Policy | DOV ZAKHEIM: The ongoing debate among experts as to whether Washington has a strategy for dealing with the Syrian proxy…
OPCW at stake, taken hostage for political intents
MNA – Iran’s Permanent Representative to OPCW Alireza Jahangiri, while slamming the US-led strikes on Syria, said Mon. that the OPCW is…
Center hit in US attack produced cancer drugs
Press TV – Western powers claim their missile attacks struck at the heart of Syria’s chemical weapons program but what they destroyed included a scientific…
Iran rejects instrumental use of chemical weapons issue
IRNA – A senior advisor to Iranian foreign minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari on Tuesday dismissed instrumental use of chemical weapons issue as…
Rivaling US, Russia resolutions on Syria chemical weapons fail at UNSC
Press TV – Rivaling US and Russia drafted UNSC resolutions aimed at creating a new inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in Syria…
Trump’s threats, symptomatic of US aiding extremists: Iran FM
Press TV – Iran has criticized US President Donald Trump’s hypocritical approach on chemical weapons, saying his threats show that the United…
Anti-Syrian claims of chemical weapon use, conspiratorial: Ghasemi
MNA – Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesman of Iranian Foreign Ministry denied the claims against Syrian army and described the allegations of chemical…
France will strike if chemical weapons use proven in Syria: Macron
Press TV – President Emmanuel Macron says if the use of chemical weapons against civilians is proven in Syria, “France will strike” while…
Iran has serious doubts about US allegations on use of chemical weapons in Syria
Sputnik – Iran has serious doubts about US reports that the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons in Khan…
No chemical weapon in Syrian government’s possession: Iranian MP
Tasnim – A senior Iranian lawmaker said the US has used the recent chemical attack in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province as a…
Syrian army did not and will not use chemical weapons even against terrorists who target our people
SANA – Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem said the question which suggests itself is the timing of the…
Russia to veto US resolution on chemicals in Syria
Press TV- Russia says it will veto a UN Security Council resolution drafted by the US, Britain and France to impose sanctions…
Syria opposition claims has evidence of chlorine gas attack
(Reuters) – Syrian opposition activists have posted photographs and video that they say shows an improvised chlorine bomb to back up claims…
Syria still haunting Obama’s strategy in the Middle East
For three years, the Syrian civil war has continued unabated; and for three years, the so-called “international community” has achieved almost nothing…
Top US, Saudi officials directly responsible for chemical weapons attack
TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study by former UN weapons inspector Richard Lloyd, and MIT Professor Theodore A Postol, presented new details to…
Weapons inspectors blame Syrian rebels for chemical weapons attack
TEHRAN (FNA)- The head of the UN weapons inspectors said that the American case for Syrian government firing chemical weapons was weak, because…
OPCW urges scheduled Syria CW removal
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has called for the removal of Syria’s entire chemical weapons materials out of…
Syria ships out first batch of chemical weapons materials
BEIRUT, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in a crucial phase of an internationally backed…
Removal of chemical weapons from Syria delayed
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The removal of deadly toxins from Syria under an international effort to rid the nation of its chemical arsenal…
Moscow to offer two million USD for eliminating chemical weapons in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that his country will offer 2 million USD to support the international efforts on…
Russia sends armored trucks to Syria to transport chemical arms
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia sent 25 armored trucks and 50 other vehicles to Syria to help transport toxins that are to be…
Battle near Syrian chemical facility endangers disarmament process
A heated battle is underway just meters away from a chemical facility in Syria, the Russian foreign ministry has warned, accusing the…
Chinese ship to help protect US vessel destroying Syria’s chemical weapons
TEHRAN (FNA)- China will send a military ship to help protect a specially adapted US vessel to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal,…
Russian armored trucks to transport Syria chemical weapons to port
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russian armored trucks will help take Syria’s chemical weapons out of the country, tracked by US satellite equipment and…
UN chemical inspector calls for new probe in Syria
The chief UN chemical weapons inspector in Syria has called for a new investigation to determine who was behind the August chemical…
US, Israeli defense ministers discuss Iran, Syria
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (KUNA) — US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel called his Israeli counterpart late Monday for a discussion on bilateral…
Militants behind Syria CW attack: Russia
Russia has reiterated that foreign-backed militants in Syria were behind a chemical weapons attack in August in the Arab country. “It is…
Terrorists in Syria possess chemical weapons: Iran
Reports indicate that foreign-backed terrorist groups in Syria possess chemical weapons and have used them, a senior Iranian official says. “Existing reports…
Russia says will help transport Syria CW
Russia says it will provide material and technical support to transport Syria’s chemical weapons to the place of destruction, but it will…
Churkin says Syrian opposition used chemical weapons to provoke western invasion
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said that chemical attacks in Syria, including the one in Guta on August 21, were…
OPCW: Hard to remove all chemical weapons from Syria by December
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – It will be “difficult” to remove all of Syria’s most toxic chemical weapons from the country by a December…
All Syrian chemical weapons destroyed
TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (MNA) – The international chemical weapons watchdog says it has verified the destruction of all of Syria’s unfilled munitions…
Syria hails Iran’s assistance in implementing chemical weapons treaty
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Syrian deputy foreign minister underlined his country’s determination to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), and thanked Tehran…
Iran hails Syria decision to scrap chemiacl arsenal
Iran’s First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has lauded the Syrian government’s decision to destroy the country’s chemical arsenal as a prudent way…
Putin calls Assad on Geneva 2
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – For the first time since 2011, the Russian and Syrian presidents spoke on the phone to discuss developments in…
West to turn down Syria’s chemical weapons transport equipment request: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syria’s request for military transport equipment to move chemical weapons materials out of the country will be reportedly turned…
Syria destroys all CW installations: OPCW
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says Syria has destroyed all its declared chemical weapons installations. The international chemical…