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US destroys its last chemical weapons, watchdog hails milestone

President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States has fully destroyed its decades-old stockpiles of chemical weapons, a milestone hailed as completing the...

Bolton warns Syria against use of chemical weapons

TEL AVIV: U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton has warned the Syrian government it should not see the impending U.S. military withdrawal from the...

New US sanctions over chemical weapons would be ‘illegal’: Kremlin

MOSCOW:  Russia would consider any new chemical weapons-related sanctions imposed by the United States to be illegal, a Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday. The U.S....

Threat of U.S.-Russia clash hangs over Syria

BEIRUT: The prospect of Western military action in Syria that could lead to confrontation with Russia hung over the Middle East on Friday but...

Pakistan concerned over India’s use of chemical weapons in held-Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office has expressed concern over India’s use of ammunition containing chemical agents to kill the innocent Kashmiri people and damage their properties.  This...

US defense secretary says Syria retains chemical weapons

TEL AVIV: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that Syria had dispersed its warplanes in recent days and that it retained chemical weapons,...

Putin slams Netanyahu over ‘unfounded accusations’ on Syria

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday slammed “unfounded accusations” over the “incident with chemical weapons” in Syria in a phone call with Israeli...

Syria ‘did not and will not’ use chemical weapons: minister

DAMASCUS: Syria's armed forces "did not and will not" use chemical weapons, even against militant groups, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Thursday.  "I stress...

Fears of chemical arms use against IS-held area in Syria

THE HAGUE: A global watchdog raised fears Tuesday that chemical weapons may have been used in air strikes by Syrian regime loyalists near Palmyra,...

Pakistan urges prevention of biochemical arms from going into wrong hands

UNITED NATIONS: Sharing a global concern over the danger of lethal weapons falling into wrong hands, Pakistan has urged tangible steps to bar non-state...

US expects IS to wield chemical weapons in Mosul fight

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: The United States expects Islamic State to use crude chemical weapons as it tries to repel an Iraqi-led offensive on the...

Islamic State ‘dead set’ on using chemical weapons: Pentagon spokesman

WASHINGTON: Islamic State militants are "dead set" on using chemical arms and are likely to try them again as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, a week after a rocket with a possible chemical agent landed near U.S. troops.

UN adopts resolution setting up Syria chemical weapons probe

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to set up a panel to identify who is behind deadly chlorine gas attacks in Syria, which the West blames on the Damascus regime.

Islamic State working to develop chemical weapons: Australia

SYDNEY: The Islamic State group has shown it is prepared to use chemical weapons and is likely to have among its recruits the technical expertise to develop them, Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.

Air strike kills IS 'chemical weapons expert': US

WASHINGTON: A US-led coalition air strike killed a chemical weapons specialist with the Islamic State group in Iraq who once worked for Saddam Hussein, US military officers said Friday.

Chemical weapons used in Syria

United Nations: Chemical weapons have been used at least five times during the Syrian conflict and in some cases children have been slaughtered. “The United...

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