US naval forces are moving closer to Syria as unproven and complicated reports of an alleged chemical attack is being used by the US and its allies to justify their long-awaited military intervention in Syria.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has strongly condemned use of chemical weapons, urging the international community to spare no effort in preventing the use of such arms in all parts of the world, particularly in Syria.
Reports by “biased regional media” about alleged chemical weapons use near Damascus might be “a provocation planned in advance,” says Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich.
Syria has denied media reports about the use of chemical weapons by the army in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
United Nations’ chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, to begin its investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in the country.
Syria has expressed willingness to cooperate with a UN inspection team that is set to investigate use of chemical weapons in the country.
A new report reveals that Qatari officers have provided militants with chemical arms which were used in an attack near Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo in March.
The United States is to going to send direct military aid to the militants in Syria, a move which is highly expected to dim hopes for a ceasefire in the war-torn country.
Iran's foreign minister has condemned the use of chemical weapons and offered to help finding a solution to the Syria crisis.
Militants in Syria have used the deadly nerve agent sarin, classified as a weapon of mass destruction, on civilians, United Nations investigators have found.
Several terrorists have been killed in a Syrian Army operation near a military camp in Syria’s northern al-Raqqa region.