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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 1:46 p.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 5:39 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 5:21 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 25, 2021 at 1:11 a.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 4, 2021 at 12:12 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...

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

December 24, 2018 at 10:22 a.m.

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

August 24, 2021 at 9:36 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 7:34 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 2:35 p.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 1:37 p.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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