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Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen in the Qalamoun mountains north of Damascus. Syria’s army ambushed Islamist fighters in the Qalamoun mountains north of the capital Damascus on Friday, leaving as many as 60 people dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said (REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters)

Syrian rebels seek “war of attrition” in Qalamoun

by Nazeer Rida | Apr 12, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian opposition battalions said they were seeking to embroil the regime in a “war of attrition” in Rif Dimashq, as reports said that American and British authorities were investigating claims of chemical weapons use by the Assad...

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A crew member of the Norwegian frigate KNM ‘Helge Ingstad’ completing a gas safety practice onboard the vessel at an undisclosed location in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 December 2013. (EPA/LARS MAGNE HOVTUN / NORWEGIAN ARMED FORCES / HANDOUT)

Half of Syrian chemical weapons shipped out, say monitors

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 20, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—More than half of Syria’s declared chemical weapons arsenal has been shipped out or destroyed within the country, the head of the international team overseeing the disarmament process said on Thursday. Sigrid Kaag, head of the joint mission of...

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Ahmet Üzümcü, left, director of the OPCW, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli, Libya on February 4, 2014. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia)

Libya says all chemical weapons destroyed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 5, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, AP—Libya’s caches of chemical weapons, including bombs and artillery shells filled with mustard gas, have been completely destroyed, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “Libya is totally empty of any presence of chemical weapons . . ....

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A UN vehicle is seen near a photo of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the entrance of a hotel where a team of experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are staying in Damascus October 8, 2013. (Reuters/Khaled Al-Hariri)

Russia to host talks on eliminating Syria chemical arsenal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 24, 2013 | Middle East

Moscow, Reuters—Russia will host international talks on Friday on the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. The meeting in Moscow will draw together experts from Russia, the United States, Syria, the United Nations...

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Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS), a reference laboratory for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), carry a container with a dummy sample, during a demonstration in Munster October 15, 2013. (Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch)

US offers to destroy Syrian chemical weapons

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 30, 2013 | Middle East

Amsterdam, Associated Press—The United States has stepped forward to help destroy some of the most lethal parts of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile at an offshore facility, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Saturday. The...