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Express.co.uk
April 29, 2018
But shockingly, before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had the chance to comb the facility for evidence, it had been ripped down. Salisbury MP and Treasury Minister John Glen said: “I hope the OPCW will be challenging Russia on why this facility has so suddenly beenÃâà...
WAMU 88.5
April 28, 2018
Inspectors with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have been visiting Douma to collect samples to be sent to labs for analysis. The testimonies gathered by NPR, in interviews at two separate shelters for the displaced in Aleppo province, were consistent with each other. Five peopleÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 23, 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lashed out at the missile strikes carried out by the US, France and the UK on Syria, saying that they were aimed at hindering the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) investigation into the alleged use of poisonous substances in Douma,Ãâà...
Popular Science
April 23, 2018
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)—which oversees the weapons' destruction under the CWC—announced in recent months that Libya and Iraq had successfully destroyed their stockpiles, for instance. Russia claims to have—though U.S. authorities are skeptical—and theÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 21, 2018
By Cansu Dikme. ANKARA. A global chemical weapons watchdog team on Saturday visited Syria's Douma region to investigate a suspected chemical attack by the Bashar al-Assad-regime. In a statement, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said a fact-finding mission visitedÃâà...
BBC News
April 21, 2018
International chemical weapons experts have finally inspected the site of a suspected attack near Damascus which caused an international crisis. The team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) travelled to the town of Douma and collected samples and other items. Last week WesternÃâà...
CBS News
April 21, 2018
A team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons -- OPCW -- visited a site in Douma, Syria, on Saturday "to collect samples for analysis" in connection with an alleged chemical weapons attack that prompted a retaliatory missile strike by the U.S., U.K. and France last weekend.
The National
April 21, 2018
The accusations came as diplomats from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met behind closed-doors to discuss the crisis. Britain's broadcasting watchdog, meanwhile, opened seven impartiality probes into Russia's RT news channel, noting "a significant increase" in programmesÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 20, 2018
Lavrov's comments came as inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) were reportedly still waiting to visit the site of the suspected gas attack in Douma after arriving in Syria nearly a week ago. Russia has denied accusations by the US that it is trying to delay theÃâà...
NPR
April 20, 2018
The inspectors were sent by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague. The OPCW is responsible for overseeing the Chemical Weapons Convention — a 1997 treaty banning the production, stockpiling and use of such weapons. Syria signed up to the convention in 2013 afterÃâà...
The Independent
April 18, 2018
A UN security team came under fire in Syria while doing reconnaissance for inspectors to visit sites of a suspected chemical weapons attack, and officials said it was no longer clear when the inspectors would be able to go in. The inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsÃâà...
WNYC
April 18, 2018
Syria and its ally Russia had invited inspectors with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to visit the town, but then were accused of blocking them from accessing it for several days. Then Syrian state media claimed on Tuesday that the inspectors had entered the town.
BBC News
April 18, 2018
The poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal will be discussed at a meeting of the global chemical weapons watchdog later. A report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on the toxic substance used in Salisbury confirmed the UK's analysis of the type of nerve agent involved. The UK says Russia wasÃâà...
The Guardian
April 18, 2018
According to a UK research group, Bellingcat, and a German non-profit organisation, Syrian Archive, Belgium is the only EU country to have exported a chemical called isopropanol since July 2013, when a prohibition from the international Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Ãâà...
NEWS.com.au
April 18, 2018
UN comes under fire in Syria amid Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigation ... The inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons are in Syria to investigate an April 7 incident in which Western countries and rescue workers say scores of civilians wereÃâà...
The Guardian
April 18, 2018
In a weekend claim widely picked up on social media, the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that a Swiss laboratory used by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had discovered traces in the sample of the nerve agent BZ and its precursors. The nerve agent is possessed byÃâà...
Verdict
April 18, 2018
It's a busy week in what has been an eventful couple of months for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the global chemical weapons watchdog. The executive council of the OPCW is holding a closed-door meeting today at its headquarters in the Hague to discuss theÃâà...
Amnesty International
April 17, 2018
Responding to news that inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have still not been granted access by the Syrian authorities to the site in Douma where 75 people were killed last week following a suspected chemical weapons attack by government forces,Ãâà...
Irish Times
April 17, 2018
The four nations confronted each other in tense emergency talks at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague as inspectors prepare for a difficult and dangerous mission. OPCW director general Ahmet Uzumcu said his team of nine volunteers had reached DamascusÃâà...
The Times
April 17, 2018
UN chemical weapons inspectors have been told that they cannot travel to the town allegedly hit by the Assad regime chlorine strike until tomorrow. Russia, whose troops are in control of the town of Douma, and the regime have so far blocked the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 17, 2018
... dismissing as "a blatant lie" accusations that Moscow was hindering the investigation in Douma. The four nations confronted each other in tense emergency talks at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague as inspectors prepare for a difficult and dangerous missionÃâà...
NPR
April 17, 2018
Updated at 3:47 p.m. ET. According to Syrian state media, a team of inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has entered the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this month. The OPCW would not confirm whether its inspectors had arrivedÃâà...
The New Arab
April 16, 2018
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' team of inspectors arrived in Damascus just hours after the US, UK and France launched strikes against Syrian government sites. The team has been tasked with investigating the site of the alleged April 7 chemical attack in the town of Douma,Ãâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 16, 2018
Chemical weapons inspectors have not yet been allowed access to Syria's Douma, UK officials said as the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) met to discuss the "alleged use of chemical weapons" in Syria. "Russia and Syria have not yet allowed access to Douma," the BritishÃâà...
The Guardian
April 15, 2018
The arrival of the delegation from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) came as the Syrian military announced that it had “purified” the region of eastern Ghouta, of which Douma is a part, after a two-month campaign that killed nearly 2,000 civilians, following years of siege.
Aljazeera.com
April 14, 2018
Representatives of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have arrived in Damascus, where they will conduct a so-called 'fact-finding mission' into the chemical attack in Douma on April 7. The OPCW will try "to establish facts surrounding allegations of the use of toxic chemicals,Ãâà...
Business Insider
April 12, 2018
The Organisation for the Protection of Chemical Weapons has published analysis supporting the UK in accusing Russia over poisoning ex-spy Sergei Skripal. The OPCW confirmed UK military scientists who identified the chemical used as a Novichok nerve agent. They did not explicitly blame Russia forÃâà...
NDTV
April 6, 2018
Moscow: Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) conducted an inspection at an undisclosed location in Russia in the past week, the Russian Defence Ministry's official newspaper said on Friday. It was not clear if the inspection was linked to the nerve agentÃâà...
The Independent
April 5, 2018
Russia's proposal of a joint investigation into the Salisbury nerve-agent attack has been voted down by members of the international chemical weapons watchdog. The Kremlin complained it had been “pushed aside” after the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) rejected Moscow'sÃâà...
CNBC
April 4, 2018
Russia's foreign intelligence agency chief has said it feels like a return to the Cold War era as frosty relations between Russia and the West continue after accusations that Moscow was behind the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England. "Washington has become fixated with the fight against aÃâà...
The Slovak Spectator
March 28, 2018
... added it believes that respective British authorities, even with the help of specialists from the OPCW (the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), as well as the requested information from the Russian side, will find as soon as possible the perpetrators of the act and the origin of the weapon.
euronews
March 28, 2018
8 March: UK Delegation to the OPCW [Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons] informed the Technical Secretariat that two people had been taken seriously ill. 12 March: Prime Minister publicly identified the substance used as a Novichok nerve agent. Russian Ambassador asked to explain.
Channel NewsAsia
March 28, 2018
Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrive to begin work at th Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrive to begin work at the scene of the nerve agent attack on former Russian agent Sergei Skripal, in Salisbury, BritainÃâà...
New Scientist
March 27, 2018
The attempted assassination of Sergei and Yulia Skripal has sparked an international crisis, with UK allies expelling scores of Russian diplomats in solidarity against the apparent use of chemical weapons on British soil. But behind the scenes, another crisis is unfolding: the first ever test of whether theÃâà...
UN News
March 26, 2018
At the same meeting, both Russia and the United Kingdom said the incident should be investigated by the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the UN-backed body which works to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and eliminate chemicalÃâà...
The Guardian
March 21, 2018
Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have begun working at the scene of the nerve agent attack on the Skripals. A team started work on Wednesday at the Mill pub in Salisbury, which the former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, visited with his daughter, Yulia, beforeÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 15, 2018
The UK's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has said London would submit a sample of the Novichok nerve agent used in former Russian spy's poisoning to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a UN body. Speaking to the BBC news on Thursday, Johnson said the rareÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 14, 2018
"(Merkel) said it's up to Russia to quickly provide answers to the British government's justified questions and to heed the call to completely and immediately lay bare the relevant chemical weapons programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons," said Merkel's spokesman SteffenÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 14, 2018
The director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has called the use of a chemical agent in UK's Salisbury "extremely worrying," calling for accountability for those responsible, UK Permanent Representative to OPCW Peter Wilson said Tuesday. "DG [DirectorÃâà...
Xinhua
March 14, 2018
THE HAGUE, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu on Tuesday congratulated Iraq on its complete destruction of its chemical weapons remnants. "I welcome this notable achievement and congratulate the IraqiÃâà...
The Northern Daily Leader
March 13, 2018
The federal government will also express its condemnation at a meeting of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) at The Hague this week. The foreign minister has been receiving security and intelligence briefings since UK prime minister Theresa May confirmed a military-gradeÃâà...
Irish Examiner
March 13, 2018
Mr Coveney said Ireland "(joins) many states in supporting the UK's efforts to ensure a thorough investigation so that the perpetrators of this crime can be held accountable". "We offer our full support and solidarity to the UK and to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in theirÃâà...
BT.com
March 13, 2018
Peter Wilson, the UK Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, told fellow delegates: “I did not expect to have to brief this Council on the first offensive use of a nerve agent of any sort on European territory since World War Two. “The stark conclusion is that it isÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 13, 2018
Novichok agents are believed to be five to 10 times more lethal, although there are no known previous uses. Moscow is not believed to have ever declared Novichok or its ingredients to the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which oversees a treaty banning theirÃâà...
New Era
March 13, 2018
A Namibia delegation gained a deeper understanding of activities related to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) on a visit to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' (OPCW) headquarters, from April 19-21, 2017. During the visit, the delegation met withÃâà...
Rappler
March 13, 2018
'It is extremely worrying that chemical agents are still being used to harm people. Those found responsible for this use must be held accountable for their actions,' Ahmet Uzumcu director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, says.
BBC News
February 28, 2018
North Korea has been sending equipment to Syria that could be used to make chemical weapons, a UN report says. Some 40 previously unreported shipments were made between 2012 and 2017, the report found. Materials included acid-resistant tiles, valves and pipes. The leaked report says NorthÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
Russia may have tampered with the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria's Douma, the U.S. envoy to the global watchdog said on Monday, urging the body to condemn the continuing use of banned chemical weapons. The comments came during a closed-door meeting at the OrganisationÃâà...
TRT World
December 31, 1999
Investigators from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have started arriving in Syria to investigate a suspected chemical attack that took place in Douma, the last stronghold of the rebels in eastern Ghouta. The announcement that the OPCW would be investigating the alleged attackÃâà...
The Independent
December 31, 1999
Former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent thought to have been ordered by Moscow more than a month ago, leaving the pair seriously ill in hospital. The Foreign Office said it had asked the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) toÃâà...
