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Britain calls for UN sanctions on Syria over sarin attack

Britain Friday urged the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Syria after a U.N.-led investigation found that government forces were responsible for the sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhun. A joint U.N.-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) panel...

Syrian forces responsible for sarin attack: UN panel

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces are responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people, a UN investigative panel said Thursday. The joint UN-Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) panel said in a...

Russia vetoes UN extension of gas attack probe in Syria

Russia on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution allowing the extension of the mission that investigates the use of chemical weapons in Syria. This marks the ninth time that Moscow has vetoed against a draft resolution on Syria presented before the UN Security Council....