BEIRUT (AP) International inspectors began destroying Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and the machinery used to create it, a United Nations official said Sunday, racing under a tight deadline aiming to eliminate President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons program within nine months. The move kicks off the ambitious program, prompted by a chemical ...

[caption id="attachment_54052" align="alignright" width="210"] United Nations Security Council in session (file photo)[/caption] An Iranian lawmaker says a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council to remove chemical weapons from Syria will prevent military intervention in the country. This resolution is deterrent and prevents a US military action ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) passed an agreement early Saturday authorizing the chemical weapons watchdog to start inspecting Syria's stockpile by Tuesday. "The good news is there's a decision and we expect to have an advance team on the ground (in Syria) next week," OPCW spokesman Michael Luhan ...

Syrian UN Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari has welcomed a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council to eliminate chemical weapons in the country, saying it covers most of Damascus' concerns. Speaking to reporters after the UN Security Council meeting on Friday, he called on Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France and the United States to abide by the resolution ...

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria and calling for their destruction. The resolution adopted by the 15-member council on Friday envisages a plan to eradicate Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons. However, it does not call for automatic punitive action against ...

[caption id="attachment_51578" align="alignright" width="180"] The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague[/caption] A draft resolution on Syria, agreed by Russia and the US, says the UN team of chemical weapons experts must start inspection of the Syrias chemical stockpile by Tuesday. On Friday,...