Anthony Deutsch
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 06:36
The Dutch parliament passed a bill on Tuesday calling for the government of the Netherlands to halt weapon exports to Saudi Arabia, citing ongoing violations of humanitarian law in Yemen.
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 09:09
Syria has made no progress in relinquishing a last batch of chemical weapons it says is inaccessible due to fighting, making it increasingly likely it will miss a final deadline to destroy its toxic stockpile, Britain said on Thursday.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 11:16
Syria has submitted a "more specific" list of its chemical weapons to the global regulator overseeing the destruction of its stockpile after discrepancies were reported by inspectors on the ground, officials said.
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 08:55
Syria will miss a major deadline next week in the program to destroy its chemical weapons production facilities, sources at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Thursday.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 10:45
"Given delays since the lapse of the two target dates for removal, it will be important to maintain this newly created momentum," OPCW chief Ahmet Uzumcu told delegates at Tuesday's meeting.
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 07:38
"The odds of Syrian compliance increase if Washington and Moscow speak with one voice, but that isn't happening at present," Amy Smithson, a chemical weapons expert at the U.S. Monterey Institute, a leading think tank, told Reuters.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 09:06
There have been no shipments since January 27 and the latest deadline was missed, said OPCW spokesman Michael Luhan. "It's a status quo until we get this plan."
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 07:40
"The Director-General of the OPCW and the Special Coordinator (of the joint U.N.-OPCW mission in Syria) have similarly engaged Syrian representatives to persuade them to enable immediate removal," Ban said.