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UN officials returned to Syria Wednesday to collect more evidence on the country's chemical weapons (AFP)

September 26th, 2013 - 03:00 GMT

Back in Syria for evidence, not finger-pointing, says UN official

The UN returned to Syria Wednesday to collect more evidence on the country's chemical weapon arsenal and will not attempt to accuse any parties "at the time being" according to a UN official.

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : Syrians gather near a vehicle of the United Nations (UN) arms experts as they inspect a site suspected of being hit by a deadly chemical weapons attack last week on August 28, 2013 in the Eastern Ghouta area on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus. AFP PHOTO /MOHAMED ABDULLAH

August 31st, 2013 - 01:08 GMT

U.N. chemical weapons inspectors leave Damascus

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : Syrians gather near vehicles of the United Nations (UN) arms experts as they inspect a site suspected of being hit by a deadly chemical weapons attack last week on August 28, 2013 in the Eastern Ghouta area on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus. AFP PHOTO /MOHAMED ABDULLAH

August 30th, 2013 - 06:16 GMT

U.N. disarmament envoy leaves Syria

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem (R) meets with a Angela Kane (L), the UN high representative for disarmament, in Damascus on August 25, 2013. (AFP)

August 25th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

US slams Damascus' green light to UN team as 'too late to be credible'

A Syrian couple mourn over the bodies of young children killed by an alleged chemical weapons attack on the Damascus suburbs last Wednesday. (AFP)

August 25th, 2013 - 02:47 GMT

Damascus to allow UN team to examine chemical weapons site

SYRIA, JOBAR : A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on August 24, 2013 shows bags of what the Syrian government claims to be materials used to make chemical weapons discovered in Jobar on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA"

August 24th, 2013 - 03:42 GMT

Syrian government say rebels behind attacks

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows smoke above buildings following what Syrian rebels claim to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK.

August 24th, 2013 - 06:53 GMT

Top U.N. official to visit Syria Saturday

A Syrian government forces soldier eats a sandwich on July 31, 2013 in the al-Khalidiyah district of Syria's central city of Homs. (AFP)

August 1st, 2013 - 07:47 GMT

Syria grants UN permission for chemical weapons investigations

A man stands in the rubble of the Othman mosque, in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor, on July 24. AFP / KARAM JAMAL

July 25th, 2013 - 10:33 GMT

Reports: UN weapons personnel in Syria for talks

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : A UN Syrian staff (L) welcomes Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom (R) and Angela Kane (unseen), the UN high representative for disarmamen, at a hotel in Damascus on July, 24, 2013. The two senior UN inspectors tasked with examining claims that chemical weapons have been deployed in Syria's civil war arrived in Damascus today. AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA

July 24th, 2013 - 11:52 GMT

UN chemical weapons inspectors in Damascus

An opposition fighter stands over seven year old Ahmad Jabir, who was injured alongside some of his family members by a shell (Source: AFP/DANIEL LEAL OLIVAS)

July 11th, 2013 - 09:24 GMT

UN accepts invitation by Assad's regime to investigate chemical weapons allegations