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A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

OPCW Confirms Sarin Used in Khan Sheikhoun Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 30, 2017 | Middle East

A fact-finding mission by the UN’s chemical watchdog, the OPCW, has confirmed that sarin nerve gas was used as a chemical weapon in the April 4 attack in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. “Based on its work, the FFM (fact-finding mission) is able...

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Gaddaf Al Dam

Gaddaf Al Dam: Libya’s Extremists Acquire Sarin Gas.. West Turns a Blind Eye

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Dec 17, 2015 | Interviews

The Libyan politician, Ahmed Gaddaf Al Dam, said that extremists in Libya have stolen large amounts of deadly sarin gas, which they found in warehouses in southern Libya and smuggled to northern cities, including Tripoli. He added that the outlawed gas was first used...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reacts during his joint news conference with Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London September 9, 2013. (REUTERS/Alastair Grant/pool)

Opinion: The Question that Became an Initiative

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 17, 2013 | Opinion

The massive diplomatic wave, which as we can see today is moving from one world capital to another, passing through Syria into Iran, began with a question from a female journalist during a September 9 joint press conference in London between the US Secretary of State...

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Ake Sellstrom (L), head of the chemical weapons team working in Syria, hands a report on the August 21, 2013 Al-Ghouta massacre to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, in this handout picture provided by the United Nations September 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Paulo Filgueiras/UN Photo/Handout via Reuters)

UN chemical experts confirm sarin gas used in Syria attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2013 | Middle East

United Nations, Reuters—UN chemical investigators on Monday confirmed the use of sarin gas in an August 21 poison gas attack in the suburbs of Damascus, noting that weather conditions at the time ensured the maximum number of people were killed. As expected, the...

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A Syrian man tries on a homemade gas-mask assembled using a plastic bottle, coal, cotton, gauze, cola, and cardboard, for protection against chemical weapons, in Syria’s northern Latakia province, April 26, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA)

US and UK Cautious on Nerve Gas Claims in Syria

by Alex Edwards | Apr 27, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Uncertainty continues to surround the allegations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, after US and British officials said this week that evidence had emerged that the Syrian government had used nerve gas on the battlefield. In a letter to...