Investigating the use of chemical weapons
[1] Three days after their arrival, allegations of CW use in the Ghouta area of Damascus led the team to prioritise […]
SYRIA’S TOXIC WAR: CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARE UNDERMINING DETERRENCE AND NONPROLIFERATION
Image source: needpix Sometimes considered the “junior” member of the WMD triumvirate, chemical weapons actually have a unique place in the
For 5 years.. around 1,500 people have been killed due to chemical attacks in Syria
Image source: Reuters According to a report by the Syrian American Medical Society in February 2016, around 1,491 people were
Annex to the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission Report on the Daraya Incident
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) in Syria issued an annex to its report
Gamba: We Will Investigate 7 Cases of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
Image source: webtv.un On February 22, 2016, Virginia Gamba, the head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism on the use of chemical
UN says ‘possible’ Sarin used again as weapon in Syria
New report says blood samples show that people were at some point exposed to “sarin or a sarin-like substance.”
Note by the Technical Secretariat: Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on Incidents in the Letters of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and the President of the Syrian National Authority
The Syrian regime submitted a request to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to conduct a series
Report of the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission in Syria Regarding Alleged Incidents in Marea, Syrian Arab Republic, August 2015
In August 2015, the city of Marea in the northern Aleppo countryside of Syria witnessed a chemical attack, which led