Items related to chemical weapons

Former US Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2013. Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a former two-term Republican senator.
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Reuters
24 Apr 2013
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday the US effort to determine whether Syria has used chemical weapons...
Animal carcasses lie on the ground, killed by what residents said was a chemical weapon attack on Tuesday, in Khan al-Assal area near the northern city of Aleppo, March 23, 2013.
Reuters 24 Apr 2013
While President Barack Obama has declared a "red line" over Syrian use of chemical weapons, US officials...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon listens to journalists' questions during a joint press conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Sofia, May 5, 2010. The two-day panel, to be addressed on May 6 by Ban, brought together more than 150 government officials, analysts and journalists from across eastern Europe, as well as activists who took part in the upheavals in Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia.
Reuters 21 Mar 2013
  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday announced that the United Nations will launch an investigation as...
NATO foreign ministers meet at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels 4 December 2012. NATO foreign ministers will agree on Tuesday to send Patriot missiles to beef up Turkey's air defenses and calm Turkey's fears that it could come under missile attack, possibly with chemical weapons, from Syria, diplomats said.
Reuters 05 Dec 2012
NATO told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that any use of chemical weapons in his fight against encroaching...
Jordanian border officers check the papers of a vehicle at the Jaber border crossing between Jordan and Syria, 95 kms north of the capital Amman, April 25, 2011. Syria sealed off its Ramtha-Daraa border with Jordan, the kingdom's information minister Taher Adwan said, but the Jaber border crossing remained open with limited movement.
AFP 10 Oct 2012
The US military has sent a task force to Jordan to help it handle an influx of Syrian refugees and prepare for...
AP 26 Jul 2012
UNITED NATIONS — Arab nations announced plans Wednesday to go to the UN General Assembly and seek...
US President Barack Obama delivering a speech, WhiHouse, Washington DC, 22 June, 2011.
AFP 24 Jul 2012
  US President Barack Obama warned Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad on Monday not to make the "tragic mistake...
AFP 21 Jul 2012
After the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution on Syria, America must use back channels to bolster its support...