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A man wearing a gas mask is seen in the Zamalka area, where activists say chemical weapons have been used, Damascus, August 22, 2013

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Russia Calls for Safe Work of UN Weapons Inspectors in Syria

05:37 26/08/2013

Russia is urging everyone who can influence Syria’s armed opposition groups to pressure them to make the work of UN chemical weapons inspectors in the country safe, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.

UN Urges Probe into Alleged Nerve Gas Attack in Syria
08:36 23/08/2013
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Syrian Government to allow a team of UN experts to investigate the latest claims that chemical weapons were used in Syria, the United Nations has reported on its website.1
Russia Says Syria Chemical Attack Claims May Target Peace Talks
19:30 22/08/2013
Reports alleging the use of chemical weapons in Syria may be aimed at disrupting the preparation of an international conference on Syria in Geneva, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Syrian Chemical Weapons Reports May Be ‘Provocation’ – Moscow
22:42 21/08/2013
Moscow does not rule out that reports alleging the use of chemical weapons in Syria, claims released as a UN investigative team began working in the country, are a “planned provocation” by media outlets to sway public opinion against the ruling regime.2
UN Chemical Weapons Inspectors Arrive in Damascus
17:26 18/08/2013
A group of UN experts arrived in Syria on Sunday to probe the alleged use of chemical weapons in the ongoing civil war there, media reports said.
UN Chemical Weapons Experts Arrive in Syria
19:28 24/07/2013
Two senior UN chemical weapons experts, tasked with investigating alleged chemical attacks in Syria, have arrived in Damascus to discuss details of their possible future inquiry, Western media reported on Wednesday.
Russia Says West Delays UN Probe of Syria Weapons
23:40 11/07/2013
Russia accused the United States, Britain and France on Thursday of intentionally making a large number of groundless allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria in order to complicate efforts to arrange a UN investigation.
UN Fact-Finding Mission Head Agrees to Travel to Syria
05:29 11/07/2013
The head of the U.N. fact-finding mission on possible chemical weapons use in Syria, has accepted an invitation from the Syrian government to visit the country, the UN press service said.

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