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A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows a Syrian couple mourning in front of bodies wrapped in shrouds ahead of funerals following what Syrian rebels claim to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta. (AFP/File)

August 24th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Syrian regime blames France for Ghouta massacre

Syrian opposition groups and their western allies claim the nerve gas attacks were launched by the Syrian government.

Vitaly Churkin, Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the media after attending a briefing in the Security Council on the weapons inspectors report on chemical weapons in Syria. [AFP]

September 18th, 2013 - 07:36 GMT

"Doable" says UN Chief on Syria chemical weapons disposal

US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power speaks to the media about the conclusion of the UN inspectors' report on chemical weapons use in Syria. The US, UK and France are preparing to push the UN to draw up a resolution over destroying Syria's chemical arsenal. (AFP)

September 17th, 2013 - 08:56 GMT

West pushes for UN resolution over Syrian chemical weapons

Fabius, French Foreign Minister. said Thursday that the UN will publish its findings on Syria's use of chemical weapons on Monday. (AFP)

September 12th, 2013 - 08:23 GMT

UN chemical report due to be published Monday - France

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

A woman mourns over a body wrapped in shrouds laid out in a line on the ground with other victims which Syrian rebels claim were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. (AFP/HO/Shaams News Network)

August 21st, 2013 - 05:43 GMT

UN monitoring Syrian chemical weapon situation 'carefully'

Bodies are laid out on the ground at a makeshift morgue as Syrian rebels claim they were killed in 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 21st, 2013 - 02:19 GMT

Int'l community calls on UN to investigate Syrian chemical weapon attack

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

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

Syrian girls walk with their mother as she turns to look at smoke billowing from three shells dropped on the town of Al-Bara in the northwestern province of Idlib. (Source AFP/DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS)

June 27th, 2013 - 11:01 GMT

U.N. sends team to Turkey to probe claims of chemical weapons use in Syria

UN Chief Ban Ki Moon has called for the chemical weapons inspectors to be sent in to Syria.

April 9th, 2013 - 06:23 GMT

Syria's Assad refuses to let in UN chemical weapons inspectors