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Syria blamed for 2018 chlorine attack
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» THE HAGUE: The global chemical weapons watchdog blamed Syria on Friday for a 2018 chlorine attack that killed 43 people, in a long-awaited report on a case that sparked tensions between Damascus and the West.
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Timeline: Ten years of war in Syria
AFP, Published on 15/03/2021
» PARIS: Syria's decade-long war has left more than 380,000 people dead and forced millions into exile.
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Arab Spring: How the West missed a date with history
AFP, Published on 07/12/2020
» PARIS: Ten years ago, as protests flared across the Arab world, Western governments failed to meet a date with destiny and help nurture dreams of democracy, missing an unprecedented chance to shape real reform.
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Watchdog blames Syria for chemical weapons attacks
AFP, Published on 09/04/2020
» THE HAGUE - The global chemical weapons watchdog on Wednesday for the first time explicitly blamed Syria for toxic attacks, saying President Bashar al-Assad's air force used the nerve gas sarin and chlorine three times in 2017.
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Chlorine used in attack on Syria's Douma: watchdog
AFP, Published on 02/03/2019
» THE HAGUE - Chlorine was used in a deadly attack on the Syrian town of Douma in 2018, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said Friday in a long-awaited final report on the incident.
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Moscow to summon Dutch envoy over cyber-attack claim: agencies
AFP, Published on 08/10/2018
» MOSCOW - The Russian foreign ministry was to summon the Dutch ambassador on Monday after the Netherlands said it had foiled a cyber attack by Russians, state news agencies reported.
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Calls mount to avert 'massacre' in Syria's Idlib
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» BEIRUT - International calls mounted Wednesday to avoid a "massacre" by regime forces in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing the government and opposition.
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Russia hopes West won't 'obstruct anti-terror operation' in Syria: Lavrov
AFP, Published on 29/08/2018
» MOSCOW - Russia on Wednesday called on the West not to stand in the way of an "anti-terror operation" in Syria's Idlib, as speculation grows Damascus is planning a Russian-backed offensive on the rebel-held province.
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No nerve agents but possibly chlorine used in Douma: watchdog
AFP, Published on 07/07/2018
» THE HAGUE (NETHERLANDS) - The world's chemical arms watchdog said Friday it had found no evidence nerve gas was used in an alleged attack on the Syrian town of Douma, but chlorine may have been deployed.
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World powers to vote on giving chemical watchdog teeth
AFP, Published on 27/06/2018
» THE HAGUE - Decision day loomed Wednesday at the world's chemical weapons monitor as Western powers frantically sought behind closed doors to rally support for moves to beef up the watchdog's powers.
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