Chemical Weapons

  • Russia carrying out ‘counterterrorism operation’

    Russia has said it is carrying out a “counterterrorism operation” in its border regions with Ukraine. In a clip shared by columnist for The Daily Beast, Julia Davis, a news presenter of Russia’s state news channel says the Kremlin is ensuring the safety of its citizens from the “threat of sabotage and terrorist acts”. “Counterterrorism…

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  • International organizations have conveyed worries regarding the expansion of the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the potential introduction of chemical weapons. Recent news reports claim that Israel, supported by the US, could flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas and chemical weapons as Tel Aviv prepares for a ground invasion of the besieged Palestinian territory.…

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  • Russia denies helping Syria to cover up use of chemical weapons

    The United States on Thursday accused Russia of helping Syria conceal the use of banned toxic munitions in the civil war by undermining the work of the global chemical weapons agency trying to identify those responsible. The comments by the U.S. representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Kenneth Ward, drew…

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  • In a congratulatory Twitter post on the U.K. and France-led attack against Syria, the US President Donald Trump says its “mission accomplished.”  Image: Donald Trump He said that the United States, France and the United Kingdom had coped well with the missile strikes. In his words: “A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France…

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  • Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that Russia will do its best to help deploy experts of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Eastern Ghouta to probe alleged chemical attack on Douma, the IRNA reports. Image: Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov Referring to significance of the OPCW’s investigations in Douma, he…

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