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.

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.

Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari reiterates that his country is not in possession of chemical weapons and remains committed to cooperating with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

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.

A top Syrian official urges the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to change course and show impartiality.

Syrian government forces have uncovered a covert workshop in the western countryside of Aleppo province, which militants used to manufacture chemical weapons.

The US and some of its Western allies were among the countries that provided Saddam Hussein’s Iraq with material to build chemical weapons.