Posts Tagged: Syria Chemical Weapons
Theater Of The Absurd: The Palestinian Authority Joins The Chemical Weapons Convention
The recent admittance of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) borders on the absurd. The PA has...
US Plans Walkout as Syria Takes Reins of UN Disarmament Forum
The United States will stage a walkout in protest at Syria's presidency of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, US Ambassador Robert...
France Freezes Assets of Three People, Nine Firms Over Syria Chemical Weapons
France said on Friday it had frozen the assets of three people and nine companies suspected of involvement in the development of chemical weapons in...
Germany’s Refusal to Attack Syria Shows Moral Failure
After repeated chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian regime on its own citizens, the United States, the UK, and Francefinally took military action to punish Bashar Assad. But one ally was...
Iran and Russia Encourage and Aid Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program
The issue of the chemical weapons (CW) possessed and employed by Syria since it supposedly decided to get rid of them has become an increasingly tangled...
Syria Chemical Weapons Visit Postponed After Gunfire
The arrival of international chemical weapons inspectors at the location of a suspected poison gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma has been delayed...
US Suggests Russia, Syria Might Tamper With Douma Chemical Weapons Evidence
The United States accused Russia on Monday of blocking international inspectors from reaching the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria and said Russians or Syrians...
EU Threatens New Syrian Sanctions, but No Clear Russian Target
European Union foreign ministers threatened on Monday new sanctions on Syria over what the West says were chemical attacks on its own people, but held...
Arab Leaders Call for Probe Into Syria Chemical Attacks, Condemn Iran
An Arab League summit called on Sunday for an international probe into the "criminal" use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it saw...
In Ironic Twist, Syria to Head UN Panel on Chemical Disarmament
JNS.org - Despite allegations that it carried out yet another deadly chemical weapons attack last Saturday, Syria will next month chair the United Nations disarmament forum that produced...
Allies Keep Syria Options Open as Britain Says No Strikes Planned
Western powers have no plans for further missile strikes on Syria but will assess their options if Damascus uses chemical weapons again, Britain's foreign minister said on...
Israel’s Netanyahu Voices ‘Full Support’ for US Strikes on Syria Weapons Facilities
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday declared Israel’s “full support” for Friday’s US-led air strikes in Syria. The US, allied with France and Britain, struck...
Syria Shows the Dangers of ‘America First’ Policy
JNS.org - The government of Syrian President Bashir Assad launched a chemical attack on Saturday on the rebel-held town of Douma, Syria -- killing at least 42 people...
Threat of US-Russia Clash Hangs Over Syria
The prospect of Western military action in Syria that could lead to confrontation with Russia hung over the Middle East on Friday but there was...
