The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria and calling for their destruction. The resolution adopted by the 15-member council on Friday envisages a plan to eradicate Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons. However, it does not call for automatic punitive action against ...

The Syrian government has given assurances that it will submit a comprehensive list of its chemical weapons stockpile within one week, in line with a US-Russia deal, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official says. "We have received assurances here that this will be done on time," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday after talks ...

Investigative journalist Pepe Escobar says Syrias enemies will not stop pushing for a war, warning that the CIA-trained militants have already entered into the country. Escobar, who works with the Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online newspaper, made the remarks during an interview with Press TV on Tuesday. On Monday, the United Nations issued a report ...

Russia says that political agenda should not drive the process of examining the UN report on the August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria. As people examine it (the UN report), everyone can draw their own conclusion, but I hope that wont be driven by political motives, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said on Monday. He ...

UN inspectors who investigated the August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria say that suspicious individuals have traveled to the attack sites before the UN team. On Monday, the inspectors reported that chemical weapons had been deployed on a relatively large scale in the Syria conflict. The report, which was presented to the UN Security Council ...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the use of chemical weapons in last months attack in Syria and demanded the perpetrators of the deadly attack be brought to justice. "This is a war crime and a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other rules of customary international law. I trust all can join me in condemning this despicable ...