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Chemical weapons use in Syria must be investigated, says watchdog
3 months ago

Chemical weapons use in Syria must be investigated, says watchdog

Hindustan Times  

By Anthony Deutsch Chemical weapons use in Syria must be investigated, says watchdog AMSTERDAM -The head of the chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday he would ask Syria's new leaders to grant investigators access to the country to continue work identifying perpetrators of attacks that killed and injured thousands during the civil war. Speaking ahead of the meeting, U.S. ambassador …

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Chemical weapons watchdog urges probe in Syria after al-Assad toppled
3 months ago

Chemical weapons watchdog urges probe in Syria after al-Assad toppled

Al Jazeera  

The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog says he will ask Syria’s new leaders to grant investigators access to the country to work on identifying perpetrators of attacks that killed and injured thousands of people during the civil war. Speaking before the meeting, the ambassador of the United States to the OPCW, Nicole Shampaine, said Washington viewed al-Assad’s fall …

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International watchdog investigation finds Islamic State used mustard gas in 2015 attack in Syria
1 year ago

International watchdog investigation finds Islamic State used mustard gas in 2015 attack in Syria

The Independent  

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International watchdog investigation finds Islamic State used mustard gas in 2015 attack in Syria
1 year ago

International watchdog investigation finds Islamic State used mustard gas in 2015 attack in Syria

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An international investigative team said Thursday that its probe into a 2015 attack in Syria found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Islamic State group used mustard gas, the latest finding of use of poison gas and nerve agents in Syria’s grinding civil war. The report by the Investigation and Identification team of the Organization for …

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Members of global chemical weapons watchdog vote to keep Syria from getting poison gas materials
1 year, 3 months ago

Members of global chemical weapons watchdog vote to keep Syria from getting poison gas materials

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The annual meeting of member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday called on countries to prevent the sale or transfer to Syria of raw materials and equipment that could be used to create poison gas and nerve agents. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a statement that its annual …

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US vows to keep Syria’s chemical weapons program in UN spotlight over Russian and Chinese opposition
1 year, 7 months ago

US vows to keep Syria’s chemical weapons program in UN spotlight over Russian and Chinese opposition

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United States and its allies vowed Tuesday to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at the U.N. Security Council every month despite opposition from Russia and China. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government “has repeatedly lied to the international community” and to investigators from …

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Global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to back Syrian claim of 2017 gas attack
1 year, 8 months ago

Global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to back Syrian claim of 2017 gas attack

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it found no evidence to support a claim by Syria that its forces were attacked using toxic gas in 2017. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that its fact-finding mission concluded that “there are no reasonable grounds to determine that chemicals were used as a weapon” …

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EXPLAINER: How to investigate alleged chemical attacks
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: How to investigate alleged chemical attacks

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ukraine said Tuesday it is investigating a claim that a poisonous substance was dropped on the besieged city of Mariupol. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said it was possible that phosphorus munitions — which cause horrendous burns but are not classed as chemical weapons — had been used. The global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it …

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EXPLAINER: How to investigate alleged chemical attacks
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: How to investigate alleged chemical attacks

The Independent  

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What are chemical weapons and are they illegal? Explained here
2 years, 11 months ago

What are chemical weapons and are they illegal? Explained here

Live Mint  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed concern that Russia could deploy chemical weapons in the war and there has been an unconfirmed report of their use in the besieged southern port of Mariupol. Past use Sulphur mustard was first deployed on a large scale in Ypres, Belgium, during World War One, when around 90,000 people died due to exposure to …

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How to investigate alleged Russian chemical attacks in Ukraine
2 years, 11 months ago

How to investigate alleged Russian chemical attacks in Ukraine

LA Times  

Ukraine said Tuesday that it is investigating a claim that a poisonous substance was dropped on the besieged city of Mariupol. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said it was possible that phosphorus munitions — which cause horrendous burns but are not classified as chemical weapons — had been used. The global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday that it is “concerned …

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Chemical weapons watchdog ‘concerned’ by Mariupol reports
2 years, 11 months ago

Chemical weapons watchdog ‘concerned’ by Mariupol reports

Al Jazeera  

Reports first emerged Ukraine’s far-right Azov battalion that a Russian drone had dropped a ‘poisonous substance’ on troops and civilians. The world’s chemical weapons watchdog has said it was “concerned” about reports of the use of chemical weapons in the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol. “All 193 OPCW Member States, including the Russian Federation and Ukraine, are parties to the …

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West: Syria must answer 20 questions on its chemical weapons
3 years, 2 months ago

West: Syria must answer 20 questions on its chemical weapons

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Western nations accused Syria on Wednesday of refusing for eight years to clear up 20 outstanding issues about its undeclared research, production and possible weaponization of unknown quantities of chemical weapons. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the U.N. Security Council the world “should not be fooled by Syria’s veneer of cooperation” while it deliberately delays and obstructs answers …

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Germany: OPCW confirms nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning
4 years, 5 months ago

Germany: OPCW confirms nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries’ findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Tuesday. Steffen Seibert said in a statement that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, had carried out its own …

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Chemical Watchdog Group OPCW Confirms Nerve Agent Used In Russian Leader Navalny's Poisoning
4 years, 5 months ago

Chemical Watchdog Group OPCW Confirms Nerve Agent Used In Russian Leader Navalny's Poisoning

News 18  

The global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries’ findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Tuesday. This once again confirms unequivocally that Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, Seibert …

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OPCW probes couldn't prove chemical use in 2 Syria attacks
4 years, 5 months ago

OPCW probes couldn't prove chemical use in 2 Syria attacks

The Independent  

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What is Novichok, the poison Germany says was used on Alexei Navalny?
4 years, 6 months ago

What is Novichok, the poison Germany says was used on Alexei Navalny?

The Hindu  

Novichok, the nerve agent that Germany says was used to poison Alexei Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital, was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. - Novichok was made with agrochemicals so that its production could more readily be hidden within a legitimate commercial industry, …

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What Is Novichok, The Poison Germany Says Was Used On Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny?
4 years, 6 months ago

What Is Novichok, The Poison Germany Says Was Used On Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny?

News 18  

Novichok, the nerve agent that Germany says was used to poison Alexei Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital, was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. – Novichok was made with agrochemicals so that its production could more readily be hidden within a legitimate commercial industry, …

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The 'Useful Idiots': How These British Academics Helped Russia Deny War Crimes At The UN
5 years, 1 month ago

The 'Useful Idiots': How These British Academics Helped Russia Deny War Crimes At The UN

Huff Post  

A group of British academics has sparked “wide and serious concern” among diplomats after its work was used by Russia to accuse humanitarian workers in Syria of staging war crimes. A European diplomat this week joined Amnesty International in condemning the work of the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, saying its members were either “unwittingly and naively acting …

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Turkey faces scrutiny over alleged use of white phosphorus on children in northern Syria
5 years, 4 months ago

Turkey faces scrutiny over alleged use of white phosphorus on children in northern Syria

The Independent  

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Chemical Weapons Watchdog Says Chlorine Used in Syria in 2018
6 years ago

Chemical Weapons Watchdog Says Chlorine Used in Syria in 2018

The Quint  

However, the data they eventually amassed and studied provided "reasonable grounds that the use of a toxic chemical as a weapon" took place, the OPCW said. Survivors reached by The Associated Press in the aftermath of the attack said they were overwhelmed by the smell of chlorine on the night of 7 April. Russia, a staunch ally of Syrian President …

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Chemical weapons watchdog says chlorine was used in Douma
6 years ago

Chemical weapons watchdog says chlorine was used in Douma

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The global chemical weapons watchdog said Friday it found “reasonable grounds” that chlorine was used as a weapon in a deadly attack on the Syrian town of Douma last year. However, the data they eventually amassed and studied provided “reasonable grounds that the use of a toxic chemical as a weapon” took place, the OPCW said. …

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Chlorine likely used in attack on Syria town Douma, says OPCW
6 years ago

Chlorine likely used in attack on Syria town Douma, says OPCW

Al Jazeera  

Investigators have documented systematic use of the banned nerve agent sarin and chlorine in Syria’s civil war. The global chemical weapons watchdog has concluded that chlorine was likely used in an attack on the Syrian town of Douma last April. Inspectors at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Friday that a “toxic chemical” containing chlorine was …

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Why we know so much about Russia’s GRU operations
6 years, 5 months ago

Why we know so much about Russia’s GRU operations

Al Jazeera  

On March 16, 2015, I received an email saying that there has been an attempt to break into my Gmail account and that I needed to change my password immediately. Over the past two years, Russian hackers have also been accused of attacking NATO, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, …

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