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Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond leaves Downing Street, central London, on August 20, 2014, after a meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis involving the Islamic State radical group.

UK blames Assad regime after watchdog documents chlorine attacks

June 17, 2018 at 8:46 a.m.

The global chemical-weapons watchdog found evidence that chlorine gas was used "systematically and repeatedly" as a weapon in northern Syria, where witnesses described poison barrel bombs crashing into their villages...

Dutch auditor calls for more transparency on NATO spending

August 25, 2021 at 12:39 a.m.

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Top Dutch auditors, backed by the government, have called on NATO to be more transparent about its finances, asserting that hundreds of millions of...

Atacan a equipo que investiga uso de armas quÃmicas en Siria: OPAQ

August 25, 2021 at 12:21 a.m.

Por Anthony Deutsch y Dominic Evans AMSTERDAM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Un equipo de expertos internacionales que est ¡ investigando el supuesto uso de sustancias t 'xicas en Siria fue atacado el...

Exclusive: Syria on track to miss deadline to destroy chemical weapons

August 24, 2021 at 8:11 p.m.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Syria has relinquished only 11 percent of its chemical weapons in three shipments and is on track to miss a politically-loaded midyear deadline to completely destroy the...

This picture taken on August 31, 2013 shows the building of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon, in the Hague.

Exclusive: Syria’s chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea – sources

November 3, 2021 at 7:12 p.m.

AMSTERDAM/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria's chemical weapons could be processed and destroyed out at sea, say sources familiar with discussions at the international body in charge of eliminating the toxic...

Exclusive: Syria’s chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea – sources

December 24, 2018 at 4:22 a.m.

AMSTERDAM/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria's chemical weapons could be processed and destroyed out at sea, say sources familiar with discussions at the international body in charge of eliminating the toxic...

ICC says Kenyatta need not attend whole trial for crimes against humanity

August 24, 2021 at 4:36 p.m.

NAIROBI/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday excused Uhuru Kenyatta from "continuous presence" at his impending trial for crimes against humanity, a move analysts said would...

Syria chemical evidence fades as U.N. team under fire

August 24, 2021 at 2:34 p.m.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - As U.N. weapons inspectors came under fire in Syria on Monday, the evidence of an apparent large-scale chemical weapons attack they are seeking is already fading from...

Confirming poison gas use in Syria will be tough task

August 24, 2021 at 9:35 a.m.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - It took Tokyo police just three hours to confirm the use of sarin gas when members of a doomsday cult attacked five crowded subway cars in 1995,...

“Evidence” of Syria chemical weapons use not up to U.N. standard

August 24, 2021 at 8:37 a.m.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Assertions of chemical weapon use in Syria by Western and Israeli officials citing photos, sporadic shelling and traces of toxins do not meet the standard of proof...

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