This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 18:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack. The three, who treated the wounded at a field hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus after the ...
Paul Guillot, 2024-12-12 19:04 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Bashar el-Assad Syria Chemical weapons Israel
More than a decade after the start of the Syrian conflict, concerns about chemical weapons remain. Despite Damascus officially joining the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 2013 and efforts to destroy its arsenal, multiple indicators suggest the presence of undeclared residual stockpiles. Recent developments — including Israeli airstrikes, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-25 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria OPCW Bashar Al-Assad Chemical Weapons
The world's chemical watchdog said Monday that it was "seriously concerned" by large gaps in Syria's declaration about its chemical weapons stockpile, as large quantities of potentially banned warfare agents might be involved. Syria agreed in 2013 to join the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, shortly after an ...