The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has called for the removal of Syrias entire chemical weapons materials out of the country by the end of June. This movement is very important because its the first important step in an expected process of continued movement for the onward destruction out of [the] country, said SigridKaag,...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed his governments resolve to fully cooperate with the international chemical experts tasked with overseeing the process of dismantling Syrias chemical weapons arsenals. We are transparent and the experts can access any facility. Well provide them with the data, which they can examine and verify and then ...

[caption id="attachment_51578" align="alignright" width="234"] The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague[/caption] A nine-member team of international disarmament experts with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has started work in Syria. The team, which is part of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The US is pushing Russia into approving a UN resolution that would allow for military intervention in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, in exchange for American support of Syrias accession to OPCW. Our American partners are starting to blackmail us: If Russia does not support a resolution under Chapter 7, then ...

[caption id="attachment_51578" align="alignright" width="210"] The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague[/caption] (Reuters) -Syriahas disclosed the information on its chemical weapons program that was expected under an agreedSaturday deadline, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical ...

(CNN)-- U.S. officials were pleasantly surprised and encouraged by the initial declaration that Syria has submitted to the world's chemical weapons watchdog outlining its inventory of the munitions, a senior administration official said Saturday. The official said the declaration was more complete than what the officials had expected the Syrians to ...

The world's chemical weapons watchdog has begun on Saturday to examine details of Syria's chemical arsenal supplied by the regime, as rebels agreed a truce with jihadists in a key border town. China urged a quick implementation of a landmark US-Russian deal to destroy Syria's chemical stockpile, as the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition ...

[caption id="attachment_51709" align="alignright" width="210"] Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi[/caption] China has called for a political solution to end the crisis in Syria as the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has begun to examine Damascus declaration of chemical arms. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday ...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says it has started examining Syrias declaration of chemical weapons as part of a US-Russia brokered deal to put the arms under international control for final annihilation. The chemical weapons watchdog made the statement on Saturday a day after it received an initial declaration of ...