The United Nations inspectors have confirmed the use of chemical weapons in an attack near the Syrian capital last month. According to the inspectors' report, expected to be released by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon later on Monday, environmental, chemical and medical samples show that surface-to-surface rockets containing the nerve agent sarin ...

Russia says that political agenda should not drive the process of examining the UN report on the August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria. As people examine it (the UN report), everyone can draw their own conclusion, but I hope that wont be driven by political motives, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said on Monday. He ...

UN inspectors who investigated the August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria say that suspicious individuals have traveled to the attack sites before the UN team. On Monday, the inspectors reported that chemical weapons had been deployed on a relatively large scale in the Syria conflict. The report, which was presented to the UN Security Council ...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the use of chemical weapons in last months attack in Syria and demanded the perpetrators of the deadly attack be brought to justice. "This is a war crime and a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other rules of customary international law. I trust all can join me in condemning this despicable ...