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Assault On Iraq Funeral, Other Attacks Kill 92
Two suicide bombers, one in an explosives-laden car and the other on foot, hit a cluster of funeral tents packed…
Assad Submits Chemical Arms As UN Resolution Debate Nears
Syria turned in an initial inventory of its chemical weapons yesterday, in advance of U.S.- Russian talks next week…
Syria Details Part Of Chemical Arsenal, More To Come
Syria gave details of some of its chemical weapons to the OPCW arms watchdog at The Hague on Friday but needs to…
Military Option on Syria Must Remain Open: NATO Chief
The option of carrying out a military strike or similar operation in Syria must be kept open as a way of…
Germany Gives $2.7 mln to Help Destroy Syria Weapons
Germany says it's giving 2 million euros ($2.7 million) to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons…
Assad: One Year Needed to Destroy Chemical Arms
Defiant strongman Bashar Assad promised Wednesday he would surrender Syria's chemical weapons but warned it would…
Envoys Seek Syria U.N. Resolution As France, Russia Squabble
Diplomats from five key nations kicked off talks on Tuesday on a Western-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution…
In Public Shift, Israel Calls For Assad’s Fall
Israel wants to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad toppled, its ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday,…
New Doha International Airport Faces AED 900 M Arbitration Claim
Lindner Depa Interiors (‘LDI’) today announced that it has filed a circa AED 900 million (US$ 250 million)…
U.N. Confirms Sarin Used In Syria Attack; U.S., UK, France Blame Assad
U.N. chemical investigators on Monday confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in an August 21 poison gas attack…