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Comrades and pen pals: How Syria and North Korea back each other

North Korean leader’s most frequent pen pal has been Syria’s Bashar al Assad in the first half of 2021. Here's why

Syria loses voting rights at chemical weapons watchdog, poison gas findings

Member states of the global chemical watchdog voted to suspend rights and privileges of Syria’s Bashar al Assad regime, including the right to vote at the organisation.

OPCW probe: Syrian regime used chemical weapons in 2018 Saraqeb attack

New investigative report of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reveals Syrian regime air force hit Al Talil neighbourhood in Idlib’s Saraqeb in February 2018 with chlorine bombs.

UN accuses Syria of war crimes, but plans to elect it to human rights post

The same day the UN published its latest Syria inquiry report, which classified the regime’s acts as international crimes, it also prepared to elect it to a body that protects self-determination.

French, Swedish labs confirm Navalny poisoned with Novichok

Germany renews call for "Russia to make a declaration on the events" of the Navalny case after three European laboratories independently identified a military nerve agent poisoned Alexey Navalny.

Chemical weapons watchdog to take action on Syria sarin attacks

An April report by a new investigations team at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found the Syrian regime air force used sarin gas and chlorine on the village of Lataminah in March 2017.

Syrian regime air force behind chemical attacks, OPCW team finds

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)'s investigation team, the formation of which was opposed by Moscow and Damascus, said more than 100 people were affected by the attacks, carried out in March 2017.

Reporting war crimes, even when they go unpunished

A doctor who keeps a record of brutal airstrikes in Syria, despite knowing that nothing has been done to stop them, tells TRT World why he continues his work.

Netherlands says thwarted Russian cyber attack on chemical weapons watchdog

The Netherlands expelled four "Russian agents" after the attempt and said the operation was carried out by Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, officials said.

Russia says Britain staged alleged Syria chemical attack

Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov says Britain told the White Helmets, who act as first responders in opposition-held areas, to fake the suspected chemical attack in the town of Douma in which at least 42 people were killed.

Syrian regime blamed for chlorine gas attack on rebels

Failaq al-Rahman rebel group says attack caused suffocation to more than 30 people. Regime forces dismiss the attack as fabrication.

Mother who lost 4 children in Syria gas attack recalls day of horror

Families in the town of Khan Shaykhun try to carry on after the deadly chemical weapon attack on April 4 killed dozens and injured hundreds.