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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. (OPCW) (Photo credit: AP/Peter Dejong, File)
May 3, 2016, 11:29 pm
Islamic State may be making chemical weapons, watchdog warns
Global monitoring group says it has evidence home-produced mustard gas was used in Iraq and Syria by jihadists
By AFP
The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands (photo credit: AP/Peter Dejong)
February 15, 2016, 7:02 pm
Diplomat: Islamic State used mustard gas against Kurdish fighters
Global chemical weapons watchdog confirms first use of the gas in Iraq since Saddam Hussein’s fall in 2003
By ToI Staff
Syria's President Bashar Assad (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA, File)
January 24, 2015, 9:26 am
German companies ‘helped build Syria’s chemical stockpile’
Berlin has hushed up attempts to investigate and ignored warnings by partners, including Israel, Der Spiegel reports
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo: Children receive oxygen in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province, Syria, after an alleged chemical attack, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)
January 7, 2015, 8:22 am
Inspectors confident chlorine gas used in Syria
Watchdog group presents further proof chemical weapons were deployed in bombings by regime forces
By Edith M. Lederer
Illustrative image of members of a UN investigative team taking samples near the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, in Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen)
December 4, 2014, 6:50 am
Syria chemical weapons bases’ destruction to begin
UN diplomats express worry Damascus has not been fully forthcoming on WMD capabilities
By Cara Anna
Illustrative photo: This image, from a video posted on September 18, 2013, shows Syrians in protective suits and gas masks conducting a drill on how to treat casualties of a chemical weapons attack, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP)
September 18, 2014, 8:19 pm
Syria still has many chemical weapons — Israeli official
Assad regime has stashed many of its WMD and could cause ‘very serious’ damage in war-torn region, official tells Reuters
By ToI Staff
An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (photo credit: AFP/HO/Welayat Salahuddin)
August 27, 2014, 4:52 pm
UN: Executions a ‘common spectacle’ in jihadist-held Syria
Probe also finds that Assad forces used chemical weapons on at least eight occasions last April
By AFP
Secretary of State John Kerry listens as French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks prior to their meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Molly Riley)
May 13, 2014, 10:14 pm
France: Syria launched 14 toxic attacks since October
Foreign minister pans US, UK for failing to launch airstrike against Assad last summer
By AP
Illustrative photo of a chemical weapons stockpile (photo credit: CC BY-jenspie3/Flickr)
April 4, 2014, 1:41 am
Diplomats: Syria can meet chemical weapons target
Shipments have been halted for past two weeks, with Damascus citing deteriorating security in Latakia region
By Edith M. Lederer
A chemical weapons expert works at a chemical weapons plant at an unknown location in Syria. (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)
March 4, 2014, 4:14 pm
Syria chemical weapons deadline achievable, officials say
European group charged with removing the Assad chemical arsenal says pace is picking up, end of June goal in reach
By Mike Corder
Sigrid Kaag, then head of the joint Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)-United Nations mission for the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, in Damascus on February 11, 2014 . (AFP Louai Beshara)
February 12, 2014, 7:56 pm
UN urges Syrian haste on chemical arms
Damascus has already missed several deadlines for disposing of its stockpile of controversial weapons
By AFP
February 10, 2014, 6:44 pm
Watchdog: Syria shipped 3rd batch of chemical arms
Norwegian cargo vessel is accompanied by multinational fleet as Assad regime struggles to hit deadlines
By AP
Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz (L) in Tripoli on February 4, 2014 (Photo credit: Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
February 5, 2014, 9:35 am
Libya: Gaddafi’s chemical weapons all destroyed
Libyan foreign minister thanks international effort; stocks of concentrated uranium remain, under IAEA supervision
By AFP
Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. (OPCW) (Photo credit: AP/Peter Dejong, File)
January 30, 2014, 3:24 pm
Syrian chemical weapons removal behind schedule
Watchdog says Syria has been slow in transfering hazardous materials, citing security issues
By AP
The U.S. Military Sealift Command container ship MV Cape Ray departing Norfolk shipyard, Virginia. (Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0/U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Desmond Parks/Released)
January 28, 2014, 9:47 am
US ship en route to destroy Syrian chemical weapons
MV Cape Ray, loaded with sophisticated equipment, set to dismantle Bashar Assad’s arsenal at sea
By Lolita C. Baldor
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