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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found “reasonable grounds” that chlorine was used as a weapon in the Douma district. (AFP/ File)

March 2nd, 2019 - 01:00 GMT

Chlorine. Chemical Weapons. Syria's Ghouta - All There in OPCW Report

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Friday said it found “reasonable grounds” that chlorine was used as a weapon in the Douma district of Eastern Ghouta, Syria in 2018.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C), his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) leave a hall after a joint press conference after their talks in Moscow on April 14, 2017. (AFP/Alexander Nemenov)

April 15th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Russia calls for OPCW investigation into chemical attack at Khan Sheikhoun

A room in a hospital in Khan Shaykun after the building was hit by further airstrikes while treating the wounded from a chemical attack on the town. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 5th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Draft UN resolution would compel Syria to share locations of all its jets

Syrian children in hospital after an apparent chemical attack in Idlib, Syria. (AFP/Mohamed al-Bakour)

April 5th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

As many as 100 dead in Syrian chemical attack that provoked outrage

Smoke billows following a reported air strike in the rebel-held parts of the Jobar district, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on March 20, 2017. (AFP/Amer Almohibany)

March 22nd, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

EU sanctions four senior Syrian military officials over chemical weapons use

The aftermath of an airstrike in Aleppo, 2015. (AFP/File)

February 14th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

HRW: Syrian regime carried out chemical attacks in Aleppo

A Syrian rebel tries on a gas mask in the northwestern province of Idlib, on July 18, 2013. (AFP/File)

August 25th, 2016 - 07:27 GMT

UN report confirms Syrian regime, Daesh used chemical weapons on civilians

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows a Syrian couple mourning in front of bodies wrapped in shrouds ahead of funerals following what Syrian rebels claim to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta. (AFP/File)

August 24th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Syrian regime blames France for Ghouta massacre

Smoke billows from buildings after the air force from the pro-government forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Unity fired rockets targeting Daesh in Sitre. (AFP/File)

July 24th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

UN backs motion to destroy Libyan arms

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces and fighters from the Izadi community hold a Kurdish flag while entering the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, in the Nineveh Province, November 13, 2015. (Twitter)

May 9th, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

Daesh conducts chemical attack against Kurds in Iraq

Iraq medics screen 800 people after chemical attack. (AFP/File)

May 8th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Daesh conducts chemical attacks in Iraq

According to a new report, chemical attacks in Syria have gotten worse, with 77 percent of attacks occurring after the UN Security Council ordered the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons program in 2013. (File photo)

March 14th, 2016 - 10:32 GMT

Report: Chemical weapons used at least 161 times throughout Syrian conflict

The Iraqi governor of Kirkuk, Najmiddin Karim, stands on a trench alongside Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Kirkuk on March 9, 2015 after the fighters re-took parts of the area from Daesh militants. (AFP/File)

March 10th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Iraqi officials: Kirkuk attacked by Daesh shells containing chemical gas