Assad’s collapse triggers race to find missing chemical weapons
The Assad regime hid some of its deadly nerve agents from inspectors. With Syria in chaos, finding out what happened to the ...
Syria's Chemical Weapons Prompts Emergency Meeting of Global Monitor
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Monday called on Syria to safeguard and destroy hazardous ...
Concern over Syria's chemical weapons stockpile triggers emergency meeting of global monitor
The global chemical weapons watchdog has opened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Syria over concerns about ...
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Mustard gas among toxic waste in Wales' old landfill sites
One landfill site in Wales is said to contain "warfare chemicals" including mustard gas Toxic waste including mustard gas is buried among more than 1,500 disused landfill sites across Wales.
Syria’s President Had Stocks of Chemical Weapons. What Happens to Them Now?
While experts believe that Syria has retained some stocks of chemical weapons, their quantities likely have been depleted and ...
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OPCW Holds Emergency Meeting on Syria's Chemical Weapons
The global chemical weapons watchdog, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), convened an emergency ...
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WWI Centenary: The first world war saw the birth of modern chemical weapons, with poison ...
But the most infamous - and deadliest - was mustard gas, in reality an oily vapour first used by the Germans in July 1917, again near Ypres. Known as the “King of Battle Gases”, it acted by ...
Global chemical weapons watchdog calls emergency meeting over Syrian stockpile
The US has pledged to support a new Syrian government that denounces terrorism and eliminates chemical weapons. View on ...
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Chemical Overhaul: OPCW's Emergency Meeting on Syria's Toxic Stockpile
The global chemical weapons watchdog, OPCW, convened an emergency meeting to address Syria's chemical weapons in the wake of Bashar Assad's ousting. Despite denials from Assad, evidence suggests Syria ...
Global chemical arms monitoring watchdog convenes meeting to discuss Syria situation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation in Syria over concerns about the country’s stockpile of toxic ...