After its independence, Israel assessed that its existence as a state was under perpetual threat and considered the development of chemical and nuclear weapons essential for its survival. One account ...

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The countdown has begun for the upcoming conference, "30 Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Histories, Achievements, Challenges," scheduled to take place on October 5-6, 2023 in ...

Last October, a video surfaced in the Kurdish news media showing what look to be soldiers on a rocky outcropping near the opening of a cave. One appears to insert some sort of rod into the opening ...

Russia’s Deflections and Denials of Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine: Forty-one nations met in the Netherlands to discuss enforcing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international ban on ...

US national security is enhanced by efforts to investigate the use of chemical weapons and prevent their proliferation. However, there are concerns about insufficient verification and enforcement in ...

AMSTERDAM, April 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed concern that Russia could deploy chemical weapons in the war and there has been an unconfirmed report of their use ...

On 29 April 2022, we mark the 25 th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their ...

(Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it would impose sanctions on Sudan after determining that its government used chemical weapons in 2024 during the army’s conflict with the paramilitary ...

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has voluntarily contributed EUR 50,000 to the Trust Fund for Syria Missions and the Trust Fund for the ...