The global chemical weapon watchdog will this week decide whether to impose sanctions on Syria after it confirmed that the Bashar Assad regime used chlorine gas in a 2018 attack on an opposition region. Member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed on Thursday that the Syrian regime has dropped nearly 82,000 barrel bombs in nine years, killing 11,087 civilians, including 1,821 children.   The 35-page report describes barrel bombs as a primitive, barbaric weapon, adding that...

Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday reiterated its call on the international community to hold those accountable for violating international law, citing a report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The OPCW’s...

The global chemical weapons watchdog has "reasonable grounds to believe" that Syria's air force dropped a chlorine bomb on a residential neighbourhood in the rebel-controlled Idlib region in February 2018, a report released on Monday said. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian...