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The headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, Netherlands, May 5, 2017. (Peter Dejong/AP)
April 21, 2021, 4:23 pm
Chemical weapons watchdog strips Syria’s rights over poison gas attacks
Syrian representatives suspended from voting in annual meeting of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons or from holding any position in global body
By Danny Kemp
A Syrian rebel fighter fires a cannon amid clashes with government forces in the last major rebel bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria on February 6, 2020. (Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
February 7, 2020, 10:08 am
Syria regime seizes swathes of key town in Idlib offensive
Weeks of intensive aerial bombardment and a bruising ground offensive have emptied towns in the region, sending hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes
By Omar Haj Kadour and Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Syrians reportedly suffering from breathing difficulties following Syrian regime air strikes on the northwestern town of Saraqeb at a field hospital in a village on the outskirts of Saraqeb, due to the lack of hospitals in the town, on February 4, 2018. (AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
May 16, 2018, 12:29 pm
Chemical watchdog says chlorine likely used in February attack on Syrian town
The Hague-based group does not indicate which side in Syria’s complex seven-year civil war was responsible
By AFP
Illustrative: Blood stains on the ground next to trucks loaded with sacks of potatoes standing abandoned, after their windows were blasted from their frames following airstrikes by government forces which hit the vegetable market of the town of Saraqeb in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, on January 29, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
February 5, 2018, 12:17 am
Syrian regime said to strike civilians with ‘toxic gas’
5 treated for ‘suffocation’ after raid in Saraqeb, says Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
By AFP
Two Syrian national flags hang on a pole as government officials inspect damages in the city of Homs, Syria, on May 8, 2014. (photo credit: AP)
May 30, 2014, 5:52 pm
Thousands flee Syrian cities ahead of election
Rebel groups threaten to bombard Damascus, attack populated areas to deter citizens from participating in presidential vote
By Bassam Mroue
A victim of an alleged chemical attack in Jobar, Syria, in April. (photo credit: screenshot/YouTube)
May 18, 2013, 2:01 pm
Syrian rebels: Dozens hurt in chemical weapons attack in Damascus
Assad forces reportedly drop chemically laced mortars; in separate incident, Free Syrian Army says it killed 4 Iranian, 7 Hezbollah men
By ToI Staff
A victim of an alleged chemical attack in Jobar, Syria, in April. (photo credit: screenshot/YouTube)
May 16, 2013, 5:18 pm
‘Signs of chemical attack’ in Syria
Eyewitnesses in town of Saraqib tell of helicopters that dropped poison gas; local doctors say eight people injured
By Stuart Winer
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians inspecting a damaged car at the scene of a car bomb exploded in the capital's western neighborhood of Mazzeh, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April. 29, 2013 (photo credit: AP/SANA)
April 30, 2013, 1:47 pm
Assad used chemical weapons again, Arab media says
Iran’s former president bashes Ahmadinejad for hostile stance on Israel
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian soldiers at a Syrian army post as seen from the Lebanese border village of al-Qasr, Lebanon, Friday, April 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
April 14, 2013, 2:22 am
Airstrike in north Syria kills 20, activists say
Three children said to be among dead in Idlib province; nearby, Assad loyalists kill at least 21 opposition fighters in ambush
By RYAN LUCAS
In this illustrative photo, rebel fighters watch over their enemy's position as they prepare themselves to shoot a shoulder-fired rocket towards a Syrian army tank in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
November 2, 2012, 10:20 pm
Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels’ rights record
Footage appears to show gunmen kicking, beating and shooting captured soldiers loyal to Assad as they lie helpless (warning: graphic video inside)
By Karin Laub and Zeina Karam
September 12, 2012, 8:10 pm
Blast targets Syrian regime forces
Reports of up to 18 killed in Idlib car bomb attack
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