Chemical Weapons
Militants Plotting Chemical Attack in Eastern Ghouta, Russia Warns
Tehran (TNA) – Militants in Eastern Ghouta are gearing up to stage a provocative chemical attack and blame it on the Syrian government, the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria warned. The Takfiri militants, who continue to hold civilians hostage in Eastern Ghouta and shell Damascus in breach of a humanitarian ceasefire, might be “preparing a […]
Nikki Haley Promises US Will Act Without UNSC in Syria
New York (GPA) – Following two Russian vetoes in one week at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), US ambassador Nikki Haley has promised the US would act alone to “fight for justice.” At the end of last week, the UNSC voted on two resolutions concerning the April chemical weapons incident in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. The resolutions, which […]
Russia: Terrorists Used Sarin in Khan Sheikhoun
Moscow (GPA) – Russia claims to have evidence that it was terrorists who used sarin gas in the Khan Sheikhoun incident this past April. The Director Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Weapons Control Department, Mikhail Ulyanov spoke to reporters at a press conference on Tuesday with new insights into the chemical incident this spring. Counter […]
Russian FM: Rebels Planning to Use Chemical Weapons in Daraa
Damascus (GPA) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claims Syrian intelligence shows rebels preparing to use chemical weapons in southern Syria. Maria Zakharova issued a statement today at a Moscow press conference, saying rebels are preparing a chemical attack in residential areas of Daraa. According to her, Russian intelligence has found that the group […]
Damascus: Rebels Found With Chemical Agents From US and UK
Damascus (GPA) – In a press conference today, the Syrian government claims to have found western made chemical agents in abandoned rebel arms depots. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, told a press conference today that rebels in Syria and Iraq have been found to be in possession of chemical weapons manufactured in the US […]
30 Dead After US-Coalition Allegedly Strikes Raqqa Hospital With Phosphorus Bombs
Raqqa (AHT) – The US-led coalition has allegedly struck a hospital in Syria’s Raqqa with phosphorus bombs, Sana news agency reported citing the deputy head of the local branch of the Red Crescent. Deputy Director of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent “SARC” Branch in Raqqa Dina al-Asa’ad said as cited by Sana that the shelling of the National Hospital in Raqqa by the coalition with phosphorus […]
China Joins With Russia in Calls for Investigation Into Syrian Chemical Weapon Claims
Beijing (Duran) – Entering the G20 on Friday, it has now become obvious that Russia and China will form a united Eurasian front against the western US-EU bloc. One topic that is sure to occupy much of the oxygen in the room during the conference, and many of the sideline talks, is Syria. If there was any question […]
Iran Offers to Help in Investigation into Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack
Tehran (Tasnim) – Iran’s foreign minister expressed Tehran’s readiness to assist the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in investigations into use of chemical weapon agents in Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun. Iran, itself a victim of chemical attacks carried out by the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the imposed war of 1980s, is fundamentally against […]
Seymour Hersh: US Knew No Chemical Weapons Used by Syria
Berlin (GPA) – Pulitzer prize winner Seymour Hersh – the journalist who’s exposed US crimes from My Lai to Abu Ghraib – says Trump carried out Tomahawk strike on Syria despite US intelligence saying Assad didn’t use chemical weapons. German newspaper Die Welt has published an explosive story today in which renowned journalist Seymour Hersh claims US […]
CONFIRMED: lawyers for Serbian victims to sue NATO for use of depleted uranium in illegal 1999 war
Belgrade (Duran) – Victims of NATO’s war are suffering from cancers relating to the dropping of depleted uranium munitions during the illegal 1999 war on Yugoslavia. Lawyers preparing to sue NATO in an international court for war crimes which took place during the illegal bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 have confirmed that one of the charges they will raise […]