OPCW

As Syrian and Russian forces continue their assault on the civilian population in Idlib, the undersigned organizations urgently call on the United Nations Security Council to demand the OPCW[1] Investigation…

On 1 March 2019, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) published its report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the 7 April 2018 attack on…

Having taken control over Douma, the last rebel-held town in the eastern Ghouta[1] on April 8, 2018, pro-government forces took many arbitrary measures against civilians there, as they arrested young men,…

For Immediate Release – (New York, June 19, 2018) – Governments should strengthen the tools to reverse the unprecedented threat to the global ban on chemical weapons, a coalition of…

On April 7 the world once again was shocked by the heart-wrenching images of Syrian men, women and children who appeared to have suffocated in their houses in Douma, a…

Preface: Despite the repeated warnings by the international community for the Syrian government not to use chemical weapons during the war in Syria, the latter re-attacked al-Shefonia town with chemical…

Preface: On February 4, 2018, Saraqib[1] located in the southern countryside of Idlib was hit by a poisonous gas attack[2]. A helicopter affiliated to the Syrian regular forces threw two…

Preface: Syrian regular forces continued their military escalation in several towns and cities in the besieged Eastern Ghouta, as they launched the most violent military attacks on those areas using…

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