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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses the UN General Assembly with the results of the final report issued by the UN inspectors who examined seven alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria, on Friday, December 13, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. (The United Nations, Ryan Brown)

UN chief deplores use of chemical weapons in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 14, 2013 | Middle East

United Nations, AP—Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the use of chemical weapons in Syria and demanded Friday that those responsible are held accountable. Ban told the UN General Assembly that the international community also has a moral and political...

Syria meets deadline to destroy chemical production facilities

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 31, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—Syria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an ambitious disarmament program, the international chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday. The...

UN: Destruction of Syrian chemical program begins

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Associated Press—International inspectors began the enormous task Sunday of destroying Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons and the machinery used to create it, a United Nations official said, racing to meet a tight deadline to eliminate President...

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File photo of Saudi Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz chairing a cabinet session on Monday, September 9, 2013. (SPA)

Saudi cabinet calls for stronger measures on Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 17, 2013 | Middle East

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi Council of Ministers on Monday reiterated the Arab League’s position on Syria, saying that the Syrian crisis should not be judged solely on the repercussions of the use of chemical weapons. The ministers reminded the...

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A convoy of United Nations (UN) vehicles leave a hotel in Damascus on August 26, 2013 carrying UN inspectors travelling to the site of a suspected deadly chemical weapon attack the previous week in Ghouta, east of the capital. AFP PHOTO / STR

Syria allows inspectors into chemical attack area

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 26, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—UN inspectors are set to visit the site of a purported chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta today, Monday, August 26. The UN team reportedly left their hotel early Monday morning, although it is not known whether...