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The Syrian government said Monday that it backed a Russian proposal calling for Damascus to hand over its arsenal of chemical weapons to international authorities in a bid to avoid a U.S. attack. “We, for the sake of protecting our…
British military scientists found traces of sarin gas in clothing and soil samples taken from a patient treated for apparent chemical weapons exposure last month near Damascus, Syria, the prime minister’s office said Thursday. Scientists at the Porton Down military…
Two Syrian bishops have been kidnapped in the northern province of Aleppo. It’s not clear who is responsible. Yohanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi are said to have been seized as they were carrying out humanitarian work. Muslim clerics have been…
Syria’s government accused rebels of firing a chemical weapon on Tuesday for the first time in the two-year-old civil war, calling it the “first act” of a newly announced opposition interim government. Syria’s regime accused rebel fighters of firing a…