Sweden Security Service Headquarters Evacuated After Toxic Gas Detected, Report Claims
Report claims authorities found traces of phosgene. The gas can cause vomiting and breathing trouble and was used as a weapon in World War I.
Chemical Warfare
Rep. Ayanna Pressley: Not Wearing Masks Is ‘Chemical Warfare’
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) says GOP lawmakers who would not wear masks during the U.S. Capitol riot were engaging in “chemical warfare.”
Syrian Air Force Used Sarin and Chlorine Gas in 2017 Attacks, Probe Finds
Syria’s Assad regime used sarin and chlorine gas in three attacks on opposition forces in March 2017, a chemical weapons oversight group said in a report released Wednesday.
Assad Still Has ‘Limited’ Chemical Capability, Pentagon Says
The Syrian regime remains able to conduct chemical attacks, though only at a limited level, the Pentagon said Thursday following last week’s international cruise missile strikes on chemical targets.
Saudi King Slams Iran’s ‘Blatant Interference’ in Arab World
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman opened a summit of Arab leaders on Sunday by condemning an old foe, Iran, without making any reference to missile strikes by Western powers on Syrian government targets over a suspected gas attack a week ago.
U.S. Envoy: Syria Lacks ‘Moral Authority’ to Chair UN Disarmament Conference
TEL AVIV – The U.S. envoy to the UN’s disarmament conference slammed the decision to have Syria preside over its coming session, saying the Assad regime does not have the “credibility or moral authority” for such a role.
On Twitter, Donald Trump Warns Russia to ‘Get Ready’ for Missile Launch into Syria
President Donald Trump issued a threat on Twitter against Russia, warning them that missiles from the United States were directed at Syria.
Nikki Haley: World ‘Must See Justice Done’ in Syria
UNITED NATIONS — US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday urged the United Nations Security Council to act following the latest alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, warning the United States was ready to respond.
Child Suffocates in Reported Syria ‘Chlorine Attack’
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A child died and at least 13 other people suffered breathing difficulties after a suspected chemical attack on a besieged Syrian rebel enclave Sunday, a medic and a monitor said.
Syrian Forces Behind Horrific Khan Sheikhun Sarin Gas Attack, Says UN Probe
United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind the chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in April.
UPDATE: Syrian Group Raises Death Toll in Suspected Gas Attack to 58
A suspected chemical attack in a town in Syria’s northern Idlib province killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country’s six-year civil war.
Syrian Activists Say Several Dead in Idlib Chemical Attack
Syrian opposition activists are saying there have been several people killed in a suspected chemical attack in a town in the northern Idlib province.
Rights Group Accuses Syria of Eight Chemical Attacks in Aleppo
A human rights group accused the Syrian government on Monday of conducting at least eight chemical attacks using chlorine gas on opposition-controlled residential areas during the final months in the battle for Aleppo.
Report: ISIS Teams Up with Iraqi Scientists to Obtain Chemical Weapons
Iraqi and U.S. intelligence officers claim the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is trying to obtain or make chemical weapons in a branch they developed with Iraqi scientists. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls recently told the lower House of Parliament that ISIS could use chemical weapons against the West.
French Emergency Services Stockpile Sarin Gas Antidote In Preparation For Chemical Warfare With ISIS
French hospitals and emergency services across the country have been supplied with the most powerful antidote to sarin and other nerve gas chemicals for the first time. The move demonstrates how the authorities are preparing for chemical and biological warfare with
Report: ISIS, Rebels Used Chemical Weapons in Syria
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) showed Reuters a report that claims the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and another rebel group in Syria used chemical weapons.
