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Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimony
AFP, Published on 24/12/2024
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack.
Russian military's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow blast
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» MOSCOW - The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division died on Tuesday when an explosive device attached to a scooter went off outside an apartment building in Moscow, officials said.
US has destroyed all its chemical weapons: Biden
AFP, Published on 08/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States has fully destroyed its decades-old stockpiles of chemical weapons, fulfilling a commitment under the three-decade-old Chemical Weapons Convention.
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.
Ukraine war increases chemical weapons threat: watchdog
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» THE HAGUE - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased the threat from weapons of mass destruction including chemical munitions, the head of the world's toxic arms watchdog said on Monday.
War in Ukraine: Latest developments
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:
Syria used chemical weapons in 2018 attack: OPCW probe
AFP, Published on 12/04/2021
» THE HAGUE: The Syrian regime's air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said on Monday after an investigation.
US charges Russians with cyberattacks on Ukraine, French elections, Olympics
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with carrying out cyberattacks on Ukraine's power grid, the 2017 French elections and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
EU sanctions senior Putin aides over Navalny, Libya
AFP, Published on 15/10/2020
» BRUSSELS - The EU on Thursday hit members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya's civil war.
Germany warns Russia of 'unavoidable' sanctions over Navalny
AFP, Published on 07/10/2020
» BERLIN: Germany warned Russia Wednesday of "unavoidable" targeted sanctions if it failed to shed light on the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, as the Kremlin critic urged the EU to come down hard on Vladimir Putin's inner circle.