Chemical Weapons

The Secretary General of the Islamic Action Front has condemned the presence of US troops in Jordan, saying that it "violates Jordanian sovereignty". Hamza Mansour made his comments after...

The Israeli government has not commented on a Sunday Times report in Britain which alleges that units of Israeli special forces are searching for chemical weapons in Syria. Deputy...

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the BBC that Israel has the right to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong hands in Syria. Netanyahu added that...

The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, Zuhair Salem, asserted that a number of domestic and international reports have reliably confirmed that the Syrian regime's forces used chemical...

With regards to the debate on whether chemical weapons were used in Syria, "Maariv" wrote on its website that there are differences in opinion within Israeli intelligence agencies regarding...

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has accused Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Assad regime of using chemical weapons in a town on the outskirts of Damascus, it has been reported....

Officials in Jordan have expressed their concerns about Iran's response to any attack on Syria which might be launched from the kingdom's territory. They believe that if Jordan is...

Media reports in Israel claim that the current tension and developments across the region have led to a big demand for gas masks in the country. According to Maariv...

The government in Tehran has warned the United States that an attack on Syria would have "dire" consequences. Analysts expect the US to make some sort of attack on...

The Latakia Rebels' military council is reporting that the first ship has departed from the Russian fleet located in the Tartus port. In a brief statement issue today, the...

Jordanian soil will not be used as a launch pad for attacks on Syria, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The kingdom will remain neutral on Arab issues, as...

Israel will be able to judge whether the Syrian regime has complied with the US-Russian agreement on putting Syrian chemical weapons under international control, the Chairman of the Foreign...

The government of Syria has presented an outline of its chemical weapons programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, AP reported on Friday. The organisation's spokesman,...

Syria's Foreign Minister, Walid Al Mu'allem, on Saturday rejected suggestions that the future of President Bashar Al Assad should be decided during a possible peace conference in Geneva in...

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has reported that the Syrian regime has submitted a preliminary report on the destruction of its chemical arsenal within the...

The international body charged with the disposal of Syria's chemical weapons has enough money to fund its mission only until the end of this month, and urgently needs more...

The CNN has reported that US sources with access to intelligence on Syria as saying that the US is studying new classified intelligence which suggests that President Bashar al-Assad's...

Israel's former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg openly recognised that Israel possesses nuclear weapons during a conference in Haifa on Thursday that convened to discuss a Middle East free of...

After delays due to technical reasons, the first shipment of chemical weapons has left Syria, several media outlets reported on Tuesday. A statement from the Organisation for the Prohibition...

Israeli security services are suggesting that Barack Obama could initiate a strike against Syria to punish the regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in Ghoutah last...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has hinted that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad may be tried for crimes against humanity. "The priority at the moment, though, is to bring an end...

The US Secretary of State said on Thursday that it is necessary to implement the US-Russia agreement on Syrian chemical weapons. John Kerry called upon the UN Security Council...

Barack Obama has revealed that he has exchanged letters with the new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. The US president told ABC news that the diplomatic efforts to resolve the...

Two Republican senators have criticised the US-Russian deal to bring Syria's chemical weapons under the control of the international community. John McCain and Lindsey Graham described the agreement reached...

On Monday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for setting up a "joint mission" consisting of 100 experts to carry out the dangerous operation to destroy Syria's chemical weapons,...

The German government has admitted that until 2009, German companies were allowed to supply special valves and pumps to Syria that could be used to construct plants that produce...

The government of Cyprus has agreed to establish a base in a disused airport for the UN chemical weapons inspectors working in Syria. The base will allow them easy...

France has given a conditional welcome for Iran's intention to attend the Geneva 2 conference which will seek to negotiate an end to the bloodshed in Syria. Foreign Minister...

Turkish President Abdullah Gül said that forcing the Syrian regime to hand over its chemical weapons is a significant and good step, but warned that resolution of Syrian crisis...

The Russian and French foreign ministers have agreed after their meeting in Moscow on the need to stop the bloodshed in Syria and disable Syria's chemical weapons. But the...

Syrian opposition groups refused a Russian invitation to meet officials from the Syrian regime in Moscow, Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Ukashević has said. According to Ukashević, the meeting...

A German court in Berlin is to try a German citizen of Lebanese origin on charges of espionage. The 60-year old man is accused of spying on behalf of...