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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.

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.

Japan cult leader behind Tokyo gas attack, followers are executed

Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and several followers were executed for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes, Japanese media reported.

Chemical weapons body confirms sarin use in Syria's Hama

Two people died after the attacks in Syria's Hama province at the end of March 2017. Dozens of people suffered severe respiratory symptoms.

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.

Sarin used in April attack in Syria, says chemical weapons watchdog

An attack on April 4 in Khan Sheikhoun in northern Idlib province killed dozens of people, prompting a US missile strike against a Syrian air base.

Experts say Assad regime most likely behind deadly chemical attack

The allegation that a nerve agent leaked from a warehouse controlled by rebels in the Syrian province of Idlib has been dismissed by experts in the industry.