Tag: Chemical Weapons

Dorrian says the rocket landed near the Qayyarah West Air Base Tuesday, "well away" from U.S. troops. (AP Photo/Alfonso Perez)

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‘No evidence’ so far of mustard attack near U.S. troops

Jamie McIntyre · September 23, 2016 7:27 pm

Following the attack on the fort the shell tested positive for a chemical agent, likely mustard. (AP Photo)

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ISIS fires chemical agent at U.S., Iraqi troops

Anna Giaritelli · September 21, 2016 8:55 pm

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that 500 metric tons of chemical weapons and their precursor ingredients were destroyed. (AP Photo/David Sperry)

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Libya destroys remaining chemical weapons

Nicole Duran · September 2, 2016 12:13 am

Indiana man plotted terrorist attack with gun, toxic chemicals

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Indiana man plotted terrorist attack with gun, toxic chemicals

Anna Giaritelli · August 29, 2016 9:48 pm

The determination was made after a year-long investigation and was released the same day reports surfaced that Bashar Assad may still have some chemical weapons. (SANA via AP, File)

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U.N.: Assad gassed civilians

Nicole Duran · August 24, 2016 11:40 pm

The White House is standing by President Obama's decision to negotiate a deal with Syrian President Bashar Assad to relinquish his chemical weapons in the face of new evidence that Assad still has nerve agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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Chemical weapons deal with Assad ‘made world safer,’ White House says

Susan Crabtree · August 24, 2016 7:50 pm

Report: Iran Sought Weapons Technology From Germany

Michael Warren · July 9, 2016 6:41 pm

"I don't think he should have ever made the threat in the first place," Gates said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Gates criticizes Obama’s Syria red line

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 4:34 pm

Mohamed Alloush, of the Jaysh al Islam, arrives for a meeting with U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura, during the Syria peace talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday March 22, 2016. (Denis Balibouse/Pool Photo via AP)

State dodges chem weapon allegation against Syria peace talks party

Curt Mills · April 8, 2016 6:50 pm

There are reports that ISIS has access to chemical precursors and munitions that they can use,? CIA Director John Brennan said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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CIA director: Islamic State on the path to chemical weapons

Curt Mills · February 15, 2016 3:14 pm

The Islamic State has been suspected of using mustard gas during attacks this year against Peshmerga fighters in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo)

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Report: ISIS assembling chemical weapons team

Jacqueline Klimas · November 19, 2015 5:22 pm

This picture released late Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, by an Islamic State militant-affiliated website, shows Islamic State militants standing inside the ancient monastery of the Saint Eliane, near the town of Qaryatain which the Islamic State captured in early August, in Homs province, Syria. (Islamic State militant website via AP)

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Mustard gas detected on mortar fragments from ISIS attack

Jacqueline Klimas · August 21, 2015 5:06 pm