On April 10, 1988, Saddam Hussein's warplanes unleashed chemical attacks on the Iranian city of Marivan, Kurdistan. Many civilians were killed and injured. Thirty-three years later, some victims are still suffering from the physical and psychological consequences of those attacks.

A senior Russian diplomat warns against attempts to incriminate the Damascus government and Syrian army troops at the OPCW over alleged chemical weapons use in the war-ravaged country.

Russia warns that foreign-sponsored HTS terrorists are preparing for a chemical attack in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib to implicate government troops.

A group dedicated to defending whistleblowers says the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “sidestepped” concerns about its controversial investigation into the 2018 alleged chemical attack in Syria's Douma.

The Russian Defense Ministry says militants in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib are planning to stage a chemical attack there and blame it on the Syrian government.

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says Western countries are repeatedly using the so-called Syria chemical file as a tool to pressure the Damascus government.

The Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria says it has received information that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists are planning a provocation with the use of toxic agents northeast of the de-escalation zone in Syria’s Idlib Province.

Syria’s UN envoy says the OPCW and its teams are being manipulated by countries hostile to the incumbent Damascus government.

Syria’s deputy foreign minister says the Organization of Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has become a tool in the hands of the US and its allies.

The Russian Defense Ministry says Takfiri militants have been delivered chlorine barrels to launch a false flag chemical attack in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib.