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Israeli Warplanes Launch Over 100 Strikes On Syria Army Targets: Report
Israel conducted more than 100 air strikes on military targets in Syria on Monday including a research centre Western countries suspected of having links to chemical weapons production in Damascus, a war monitor said.
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Assad's Fall An Opportunity To Rid Syria Of Chemical Weapons
The downfall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, found to have used chemical weapons against his own people on multiple occasions during the civil war, creates an opportunity to rid the country of banned munitions, diplomatic sources said on Monday.
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Syrian Rebels Enter Damascus, US Fears President Assad's Chemical Weapons
Syrian rebel forces claim to have made inroads, bringing them closer to the heart of the capital Damascus, the seat of President Bashar al-Assad's power. The swift advance has plunged Assad's regime into its most precarious position.
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North Korean Trash Balloons Fly Into South Korea President's Office
Trash-carrying balloons sent by North Korea hit the South Korean presidential compound Wednesday, security officials told AFP, prompting Seoul to mobilise chemical response teams in the escalating tit-for-tat propaganda war.
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Russia Breached Global Chemical Weapons Ban In Ukraine War: US
The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents "as a method of warfare" in Ukraine.
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Henry Kissinger's Controversial Link To Bhopal Gas Tragedy Case
Henry Kissinger, after the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy that caused deaths and impacted generations, played a controversial role in shielding the American chemical company Union Carbide from legal accountability.
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France Issues "Historic" Arrest Warrant Against Syrian President Assad
France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused of complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes over chemical attacks in 2013, plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday.
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Hamas Operatives Had Instructions For Using Cyanide-Based Chemical Bombs: Report
The instructions were stored in USBs found on the bodies of Hamas operatives who invaded Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza Strip in Southern Israel.
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In US' War On Rising Fentanyl Use, Sanctions On Chinese Drug Producers
The United States announced sanctions Tuesday on a China-based network for producing and distributing chemicals used to make drugs including those fueling a deadly national fentanyl crisis.
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"Don't": Joe Biden Warns Vladimir Putin Against Using Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to not use tactical nuclear or chemical weapons in the wake of setbacks in Ukraine
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Up To 1,200 Ukrainian Civilians May Be Holed Up In Plant: Report
Up to 1,200 civilians may be holed up in the shelters of the Azot chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city where one of the fiercest battles of the war has been raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces, a Russian-backed separatist said.
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Russia Tells Ukrainian Troops In Severodonetsk To Lay Down Arms
Russia told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in the embattled city of Sievierodonetsk to lay down their arms by early Wednesday, pressing its advantage in the battle for control of eastern Ukraine.
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Russia Shells Chemical Plant Where Hundreds Of Civilians Are Sheltering
Russian forces swarmed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk and pounded a zone where hundreds of civilians were sheltering, a Ukrainian official said on Monday - a scene that mirrored Moscow's brutal capture of Mariupol last month.
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Ukraine Says It Still Controls Chemical Plant Sheltering Hundreds
Bitter fighting raged in Sievierodonetsk, but the region's governor said Ukraine remained in control of an industrial area and chemical plant in the eastern city where hundreds of civilians are sheltering from incessant Russian shelling.
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Huge Smoke Cloud Seen After Blast In Ukraine City With Chemical Plant: Report
A huge cloud of smoke could be seen rising into the air on Saturday after an explosion in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, which houses a chemical plant, the Russian news agency RIA quoted one of its reporters as saying.
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Israeli Warplanes Launch Over 100 Strikes On Syria Army Targets: Report
Israel conducted more than 100 air strikes on military targets in Syria on Monday including a research centre Western countries suspected of having links to chemical weapons production in Damascus, a war monitor said.
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Assad's Fall An Opportunity To Rid Syria Of Chemical Weapons
The downfall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, found to have used chemical weapons against his own people on multiple occasions during the civil war, creates an opportunity to rid the country of banned munitions, diplomatic sources said on Monday.
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Syrian Rebels Enter Damascus, US Fears President Assad's Chemical Weapons
Syrian rebel forces claim to have made inroads, bringing them closer to the heart of the capital Damascus, the seat of President Bashar al-Assad's power. The swift advance has plunged Assad's regime into its most precarious position.
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North Korean Trash Balloons Fly Into South Korea President's Office
Trash-carrying balloons sent by North Korea hit the South Korean presidential compound Wednesday, security officials told AFP, prompting Seoul to mobilise chemical response teams in the escalating tit-for-tat propaganda war.
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Russia Breached Global Chemical Weapons Ban In Ukraine War: US
The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents "as a method of warfare" in Ukraine.
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Henry Kissinger's Controversial Link To Bhopal Gas Tragedy Case
Henry Kissinger, after the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy that caused deaths and impacted generations, played a controversial role in shielding the American chemical company Union Carbide from legal accountability.
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France Issues "Historic" Arrest Warrant Against Syrian President Assad
France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused of complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes over chemical attacks in 2013, plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday.
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Hamas Operatives Had Instructions For Using Cyanide-Based Chemical Bombs: Report
The instructions were stored in USBs found on the bodies of Hamas operatives who invaded Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza Strip in Southern Israel.
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In US' War On Rising Fentanyl Use, Sanctions On Chinese Drug Producers
The United States announced sanctions Tuesday on a China-based network for producing and distributing chemicals used to make drugs including those fueling a deadly national fentanyl crisis.
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"Don't": Joe Biden Warns Vladimir Putin Against Using Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to not use tactical nuclear or chemical weapons in the wake of setbacks in Ukraine
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Up To 1,200 Ukrainian Civilians May Be Holed Up In Plant: Report
Up to 1,200 civilians may be holed up in the shelters of the Azot chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city where one of the fiercest battles of the war has been raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces, a Russian-backed separatist said.
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Russia Tells Ukrainian Troops In Severodonetsk To Lay Down Arms
Russia told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in the embattled city of Sievierodonetsk to lay down their arms by early Wednesday, pressing its advantage in the battle for control of eastern Ukraine.
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Russia Shells Chemical Plant Where Hundreds Of Civilians Are Sheltering
Russian forces swarmed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk and pounded a zone where hundreds of civilians were sheltering, a Ukrainian official said on Monday - a scene that mirrored Moscow's brutal capture of Mariupol last month.
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Ukraine Says It Still Controls Chemical Plant Sheltering Hundreds
Bitter fighting raged in Sievierodonetsk, but the region's governor said Ukraine remained in control of an industrial area and chemical plant in the eastern city where hundreds of civilians are sheltering from incessant Russian shelling.
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Huge Smoke Cloud Seen After Blast In Ukraine City With Chemical Plant: Report
A huge cloud of smoke could be seen rising into the air on Saturday after an explosion in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, which houses a chemical plant, the Russian news agency RIA quoted one of its reporters as saying.
