world news Syria: chemical weapons inspectors visit Douma Western countries blame the Syrian government for the alleged chemical weapons attack on April 7, in which 40 people were killed. 21/04/2018
Belgium Three Belgian companies summoned to court for chemicals exports to Syria Three Belgian companies have been accused by Belgian Customs authorities of exporting chemicals to Syria without a proper export license. 18/04/2018
View What 'red lines' and foreign intervention look like for Syrian civilians | View Alaa, a civil society worker who has been in Damascus since the start of the conflict, weighs in on the impact of U.S. and Russian foreign intervention in Syria and the perception of civilians on the ground. 18/04/2018
View Syria and Salisbury: The battle to maintain trust in evidence of illegal chemical weapons | View Chemical weapons' usage in Syria clearly required an immediate and forceful response, but the handling of the aftermath of the targeted chemical assassination attempt on Sergei and Yulia Skripal continues to pose a long-term challenge for the British government. 17/04/2018
Syria OPCW inspectors allowed access to Douma Chemical weapons experts have finally been given permission to enter Douma on Wednesday after Western alliance accused Russia of blocking access 17/04/2018
View Impact of the Syrian missile strike | View Saturday’s missile strike on Syria may temporarily deter the Syrian government from using chemical weapons but it will not alter the trajectory of the seven-year-long war, experts say. 16/04/2018
Syria Syrians remain defiant despite allied air strikes The Western alliance air strikes on Syria's alleged chemical weapon sites have been widely condemned across the country 16/04/2018
Syria Syrians gather along the streets of Damascus to condemn the air strikes Syrians chanted pro-government slogans and waved Syrian flags showing solidarity to the Syrian Presidency. 14/04/2018
Syria Where do different countries stand on Syria missile strikes? As Moscow and Washington traded threats of retaliation over an alleged chemical attack in Syria, where do other countries stand on a military response? 13/04/2018
Russia Russia says "think about possible consequences" As tensions increase over the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged against 'any steps which could lead to an escalation of tensions.' 12/04/2018
United Kingdom British PM summons cabinet over Syria Britain prepares to join military response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria as the PM seeks cabinet backing 12/04/2018
Syria Chemical weapons experts to visit Syria The Kremlin submitted a resolution to the United Nations Security Council proposing that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigates the alleged chemical attack in Douma in Syria over the weekend. 10/04/2018
USA US, Russia clash over Syria at UN Security Council The US has vowed to respond to an alleged deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria regardless of whether the UN Security Council acts or not, while Russia has warned Washington of "grave repercussions". 09/04/2018
Belgium EU and NATO back Britain over spy attack Meanwhile, Russia's Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov appeared to backtrack on previous suggestions that the nerve agent used in the UK attack could have come from a British laboratory. 19/03/2018
France What we know about the Russian nerve agent used in spy attack The following is a summary of an interview given by Dr Michelle Carlin, senior lecturer in forensic and analytical chemistry at Northumbria University. 12/03/2018
United Kingdom May's Russia statement in full Below is a transcript of a statement by British prime minister Theresa May to parliament on the subject of Russian involvement in a chemical attack on two people in the town of Salisbury. 12/03/2018
Syria Patients treated after suspected chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta Medics report a chlorine gas attack in Eastern Ghouta, just hours after an aid convoy left the area. 07/03/2018
Syria UN claims Pyongyang provided materials for chemical weapons in Syria Damascus denies using chemical weapons but a UN investigation says North Korea shipped equipment that could have been converted 28/02/2018
