OPCW
The world's chemical arms watchdog said Friday it had found no evidence nerve gas was used in an alleged attack on the Syrian town of Douma.
Britain and the United States led a passionate call to halt the use of chemical weapons by empowering the world's watchdog to finger those behind attacks.
33 countries called on Friday for an emergency plenary session of the world's chemical watchdog
Russia is obstructing the access of international chemical weapons inspectors to the site of a suspected poison gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma.
The United States has credible information that Russia and Syria are trying to "sanitize" the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria.
Britain accused Russia of breaking the two-decade international ban on chemical weapons.
International investigators on Tuesday entered a Syrian town hit by an alleged chemical attack.
Western powers an alleged Syrian chemical massacre must not go unanswered even as the UN secretary-general warned against a "full-blown military escalation."
The world's chemical arms watchdog on Thursday confirmed Britain's findings on the identity of a nerve agent used on a former Russian spy.
Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) conducted an inspection at an undisclosed location in Russia in the past week
The UN Security Council was expected to vote on a 30-day extension of a UN-led investigation of chemical weapons attacks in Syria to allow for negotiations.
Britain accused Russia on Thursday of carrying out a "thinly veiled political attack" against the head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog.
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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement on Friday.
The governing body of the global chemical arms watchdog will Thursday vote on a controversial Russian-Iranian move to set up a new team to probe a suspected chemical attack in Syria.
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says that allegations a chemical attack took place in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, were "credible."
