US slaps more sanctions on Syria

The move marks Washington’s first action targeting Damascus since its readmittance to the Arab League. By Erin Viner The US Treasury Department issued a statement accusing the two entities and…

UN concerned over chemical weapons in Syria

Damascus’ declaration of its chemical weapons program “cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies,” the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council. By Jonathan Hessen and Erin Viner…

Israel reportedly hit Syria chemical arms sites

Israel twice struck chemical weapons facilities in Syria over the past 2 years in a mission to prevent the neighboring Arab Republic from renewing chemical weapons production, the Washington Post…

Russia fails to undercut new powers granted to OPCW

Members of the OPCW, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, overwhelmingly rejected a Russian-led initiative to undercut new powers granted to the agency, which provide the chemical weapons…