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OPCW Says No Chemical Weapons used in Syria Attack: Trump and Others Lied to World
The world’s chemical weapons watchdog has announced that no nerve agents or other phosphate chemicals were used in an April 7, 2018 incident in Douma, Syria—contrary to claims by US President Donald Trump who called the Syrian leader “Animal Assad” and launched missile strikes against that country.
According to the official report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...
Its official it was a FALSE FLAG: Douma witnesses speak at OPCW at the Hague
Witnesses of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, including 11-year-old Hassan Diab and hospital staff, told reporters at The Hague that the White Helmets video used as a pretext for a US-led strike on Syria was, in fact, staged.
“We were at the basement and we heard people shouting that we needed to go to a hospital. We went through a tunnel. At the hospital they started pouring cold water on...
OPCW urges Israel to destroy its chemical weapons
This file photo shows employees in protective gear holding a dummy grenade during a demonstration at a chemical weapons disposal facility of GEKA in Munster, northern Germany.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has urged the Israeli regime to destroy its chemical weapons and join the international treaty prohibiting the possession and use of such arms.
Speaking on condition...
Syria did Not use Chemicals - Russia
The Russian government says allegations regarding the use of chemicals by forces of the Syrian government are false and fabricated.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday that Moscow had proof against the allegations by France and the United States that Syrian forces may have used industrial chemicals on a militant-held village in Hama province this month.
“Accusations against...
Turkey seizes huge chemicals haul near Syria border
Turkish authorities say they have seized a large quantity of chemicals on the country’s border with Syria, adding that the chemicals “could be transformed into weapons.”
Turkey’s army said in a statement issued on Sunday that a convoy of three vehicles attempted to smuggle the chemicals across the border on Saturday near the southeastern Turkish town of Reyhanli.
Para-military police were...
Rebels conduct new chemical weapons attack in Syria near Turkish border
The rebels used chemical weapons in north-eastern Syria near the border with Turkey on Tuesday, a Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen reported.
The toxic shell exploded near a Kurdish defense forces’ checkpoint close to the border with Turkey in the city of Ras al-Ayn al-Hasakah.
The attack was reported by Kurdish defense forces who are conducting military operations against the rebels in the region.
They...
UN сhemical disarmament team begins destroying Syria arsenal, machinery
The UN confirms chemical experts in Syria destroyed missile warheads, aerial bombs, and chemical mixing equipment on Sunday as they started eliminating the country’s chemical weapons.
“The process of destroying Syria’s chemical weapons program began today,” said a statement released by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
The experts supervised...
Israel seriously mulling chemical weapons treaty
The Israeli government will consider ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention, President Shimon Peres has announced. It follows Syria’s decision to give up its chemical arsenal.
Israel, which has never publicly admitted to having chemical weapons, remains one of only six countries in the world not to have ratified the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which bans the use or production of chemical...
US-Russia reach landmark deal on destruction of Syrian chemical weapons
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talking to US Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 14, 2014
Russia and the United States reached a deal on a framework that will see the destruction or removal of Syria’s chemical weapons by mid- 2014. Under the plan, the Assad government has one week to hand over an inventory of its chemical weapons arsenal.
Russian Foreign Minister...