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Syria Dropped Chemical Weapon Chlorine On Rebel Towns In 2018: Watchdog
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.
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New Confirmation Of Chlorine Use In Syria
Global arms experts Wednesday confirmed chlorine was used in a Syrian town in February leaving residents fighting for breath, as the world awaits the results of a probe into last month's alleged poison gas attack on Douma.
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Chemical Weapons Watchdog Chief Says Aleppo Gas Attack Disturbing
The world's chemical weapons watchdog chief said on Thursday the group will investigate suspected use of chlorine gas in an opposition area of the Syrian city of Aleppo, calling reports of the gas attack disturbing.
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CIA Director Says ISIS Group Has Used, Can Make Chemical Weapons: Report
CIA director John Brennan has said that ISIS fighters have used chemical weapons and have the capability to make small quantities of chlorine and mustard gas, CBS News reported on Thursday.
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Syria Denies Ever Using Chemical Weapons in Civil War
Syria today "categorically" denied using chemical weapons including chlorine gas in its four-year civil war, telling a global watchdog it is cooperating fully with efforts to destroy its stockpile.
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US Believes Islamic State Likely Used Mustard Agent in Iraq Attack: Reports
The United States believes Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned chemical weapon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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UN Council Mulls Creating Team to Assign Syria Gas Attacks Blame
The United Nations Security Council is considering asking U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the global chemical weapons watchdog to assemble a team of investigators to identify who is responsible for toxic gas attacks in Syria.
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US 'Deeply Disturbed' by Reports of Chemical Weapons in Syria: John Kerry
The United States is deeply disturbed by reports that Syrian government forces attacked the town of Sarmin using chlorine as a weapon on March 16, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement on Thursday.
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UN Council Threatens Action if Chlorine Used in Attacks in Syria
The United Nations Security Council condemned the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria and threatened to take action if such arms are used again in the conflict, which is now in its fourth year, but didn't lay blame for previous chlorine attacks.
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Syrian Government Used Chlorine Gas on Civilians: OPCW Report
The latest report on Syria by the global chemical weapons watchdog offers further evidence that the Syrian government repeatedly attacked its own citizens with poison gas, US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said on Tuesday.
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US 'Deeply Troubled' by Syria Chlorine Report
The United States said that it was "deeply troubled" on Wednesday after the world's chemical watchdog confirmed the systematic use of chlorine as a weapon in war-torn Syria.
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Chemical Fact-Finding Team Abducted in Syria - Ministry
Eleven members of a chemical weapons fact-finding team were abducted as they tried to visit a town where alleged chlorine gas attacks have recently been reported, Syria's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Syria Video Shows Chlorine Gas Floating in Streets: Activists
Opposition activists have posted a video of what they say is chlorine gas floating through the streets of a Syrian village and they accuse President Bashar al-Assad of mounting a chemical weapons campaign.
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Syria May Have Used Chemical Arms 14 Times Since October
The Syrian regime is believed to have used chemical weapons including chlorine in 14 attacks since late 2013, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.
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Human Rights Watch Says 'Strong Evidence' Syria Government Used Chlorine Gas
Evidence "strongly suggests" Syria's government has used chlorine gas on three towns in mid-April in violation of the chemical weapons treaty Damascus joined last year, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
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Syria Dropped Chemical Weapon Chlorine On Rebel Towns In 2018: Watchdog
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.
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New Confirmation Of Chlorine Use In Syria
Global arms experts Wednesday confirmed chlorine was used in a Syrian town in February leaving residents fighting for breath, as the world awaits the results of a probe into last month's alleged poison gas attack on Douma.
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Chemical Weapons Watchdog Chief Says Aleppo Gas Attack Disturbing
The world's chemical weapons watchdog chief said on Thursday the group will investigate suspected use of chlorine gas in an opposition area of the Syrian city of Aleppo, calling reports of the gas attack disturbing.
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CIA Director Says ISIS Group Has Used, Can Make Chemical Weapons: Report
CIA director John Brennan has said that ISIS fighters have used chemical weapons and have the capability to make small quantities of chlorine and mustard gas, CBS News reported on Thursday.
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Syria Denies Ever Using Chemical Weapons in Civil War
Syria today "categorically" denied using chemical weapons including chlorine gas in its four-year civil war, telling a global watchdog it is cooperating fully with efforts to destroy its stockpile.
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US Believes Islamic State Likely Used Mustard Agent in Iraq Attack: Reports
The United States believes Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned chemical weapon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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UN Council Mulls Creating Team to Assign Syria Gas Attacks Blame
The United Nations Security Council is considering asking U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the global chemical weapons watchdog to assemble a team of investigators to identify who is responsible for toxic gas attacks in Syria.
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US 'Deeply Disturbed' by Reports of Chemical Weapons in Syria: John Kerry
The United States is deeply disturbed by reports that Syrian government forces attacked the town of Sarmin using chlorine as a weapon on March 16, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement on Thursday.
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UN Council Threatens Action if Chlorine Used in Attacks in Syria
The United Nations Security Council condemned the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria and threatened to take action if such arms are used again in the conflict, which is now in its fourth year, but didn't lay blame for previous chlorine attacks.
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Syrian Government Used Chlorine Gas on Civilians: OPCW Report
The latest report on Syria by the global chemical weapons watchdog offers further evidence that the Syrian government repeatedly attacked its own citizens with poison gas, US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said on Tuesday.
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US 'Deeply Troubled' by Syria Chlorine Report
The United States said that it was "deeply troubled" on Wednesday after the world's chemical watchdog confirmed the systematic use of chlorine as a weapon in war-torn Syria.
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Chemical Fact-Finding Team Abducted in Syria - Ministry
Eleven members of a chemical weapons fact-finding team were abducted as they tried to visit a town where alleged chlorine gas attacks have recently been reported, Syria's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Syria Video Shows Chlorine Gas Floating in Streets: Activists
Opposition activists have posted a video of what they say is chlorine gas floating through the streets of a Syrian village and they accuse President Bashar al-Assad of mounting a chemical weapons campaign.
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Syria May Have Used Chemical Arms 14 Times Since October
The Syrian regime is believed to have used chemical weapons including chlorine in 14 attacks since late 2013, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.
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Human Rights Watch Says 'Strong Evidence' Syria Government Used Chlorine Gas
Evidence "strongly suggests" Syria's government has used chlorine gas on three towns in mid-April in violation of the chemical weapons treaty Damascus joined last year, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
