Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a “massive and coordinated” chemical attack on August 21, according to a declassified French intelligence report. The nine-page document, released on Monday, lays out five points that suggest Assad was behind the attacks in suburbs…
The United Nations denounced a “war crime” in Syria when a “chilling” investigation found that sarin nerve gas was used against “civilians including children” in three rebel-held suburbs of Damascus. Children, affected by what activists said at the time was a gas attack, breathe through…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, U.N. inspectors reported Monday that rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where Syria’s military has bases, but said the evidence could have…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a news conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Sept. 9, 2013. UNITED NATIONS—U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will urge the Security Council to demand that Syria transfer its chemical weapons stocks to areas in…