Syria has submitted an initial declaration of its chemical weapon program, including a general plan of destruction of its chemical weapons' program, the Organization of the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement Sunday.
The Syrian government has " fully cooperated" in supporting the joint mission of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to destroy Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons, Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag said on Tuesday.
Russian security services have detained two men suspected of planning a terrorist attack on a chemical weapons storage facility that could have caused hundreds of deaths, the Investigative Committee said Tuesday.
The advance team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the UN have been reinforced with a second group of OPCW inspectors and more UN support staff, bringing the total strength of the joint team to 60, the OPCW said Tuesday.
The chemical weapon experts visited a storage containing chemical substances in Syria, pro- government Sham FM radio said Tuesday.
An official with the joint mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations said Monday that their first day of destroying Syria's chemical weapons was "excellent."
Moscow is satisfied with the prompt start of Syria's chemical weapons disarmament, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The joint team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations said here that the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons program began Sunday.
Russia is ready to safeguard the sites for destroying Syrian chemical arsenals, a senior diplomat said Thursday.
The civil war in Syria was brought to the fore on Thursday as scores of world leaders deplored the loss of life and the use of chemical weapons in the Arab country during the first three days of the annual General Debate of the UN General Assembly.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that the United States and Russia have reached an agreement on a UN Security Council resolution about Syrian chemical weapons.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for a resolution that will mandate consequences for Syria if the country fails to hand over its chemical weapons.
The Untied Nations team tasked with probing the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria will return to the Middle East country on Wednesday to complete its "investigation of pending credible allegations," including the Mar. 19 incident at Khan al-Asal, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky announced here Tuesday.
Three diplomats were injured in a mortar shell targeting the Russian embassy in Damascus on Sunday as Syria promptly handed over a preliminary report of its chemical weapons in fulfillment of its commitment made earlier.
It is a "positive development" that initial efforts to place Syria's chemical weapons under international control are moving ahead on schedule, a former UN weapons inspector said Sunday.
Russia on Sunday accused the United States of threatening to thwart the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Syria if Moscow drops support for a U.N. Security Council resolution allowing the use of force.
Russia possesses enough evidence that the Syrian opposition used reports about chemical attacks as provocation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
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