Chemical weapon
A chemical weapon is any toxic substance produced to cause death, injury or temporary incapacitation. It is classified as a weapon of mass destruction. Chemical warfare is one of the most dangerous types of conflict today.
- ‘Zero real evidence’ Assad behind chemical attack – US congressman
US government officials offered “zero real evidence” that the Syrian government was behind the alleged chemical attack in Douma, relying instead on information circulating online, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) said.US News - US publication of so-called ‘Novichok’ formula violates Chemical Weapons Convention – Russia to OPCW
The formula of the nerve agent A-234 (‘Novichok’) allegedly used to poison former double agent Sergei Skripal, was published in the US in gross breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Russian mission to the OPCW said.World News - Militants blocking OPCW inspectors from ‘chem-attack’ site in Douma – Russian deputy FM
Militants are preventing the OPCW team from accessing Syria’s Douma, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has said, adding that he suspects someone doesn’t want the site of the alleged chemical attack investigated.World News - Staged suffering? Interview with boy in Douma video raises more doubts over ‘chem attack’
The boy portrayed as a ‘victim’ in a video of the alleged chemical attack in Douma has told a Russian TV crew that he was asked to go to hospital, where people “grabbed” him and started “pouring water” over his head.World News - BZ samples tested at Swiss lab in Skripal case ‘nothing to do’ with Salisbury – OPCW chief
Samples of the BZ nerve agent were tested at the OPCW-accredited Swiss lab in the Skripal poisoning case, but only as part of control procedures, the chemical watchdog said, adding they otherwise had “nothing to do” with the case.World News - After visiting Douma, western media begin to question ‘gas attack’ narrative
After speaking with eyewitnesses on the ground in Syria, even mainstream media are beginning to cast doubt on the West’s narrative of an alleged gas attack in Douma, as medics tell French, German and UK media it never happened.World News
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