[caption id="attachment_63130" align="alignright" width="180"] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov[/caption] Russia says it will provide material and technical support to transport Syrias chemical weapons to the place of destruction, but it will not participate in the annihilation process of the arsenals. At this stage, we would confine ...

Irans First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has lauded the Syrian governments decision to destroy the countrys chemical arsenal as a prudent way to avert war against the country. Jahangiri made the remarks in a meeting with members of the visiting Syrian delegation headed by the countrys Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi in Tehran on Saturday. On September ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) adopted a new plan for the destruction of Syrias chemical weapons arsenal, after Albania refused to host the dismantling of the stockpile. The country turned the option down despite a request by the US, its NATO ally. It is impossible for Albania to get involved ...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has agreed on a chemical arsenal destruction plan in Syria. "The plan is adopted," said Christian Chartier, an OPCW spokesman, after a meeting of the watchdog's 41-member executive council in The Hague on Friday. Under the deal, the chemical weapons will be taken out of Syria to be ...