Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Turning a Page on Syria’s Proliferation Past

“We are now turning a page … Turning a page does not mean forgetting the past; it means just the opposite — which is confronting it, confronting it with eyes wide open,” declared Rafael...

Syria holds elections in Kurdish-majority areas, finds Assad-era chemical weapons

Syria held elections in Kurdish-majority areas of the country on May 24, with some politicians and commentators criticizing them for not being representative. Days after the local elections,...

Countering Iran’s Covert Chemical Weapons Program

Russia’s Alleged Use of Chemical Weapon To Murder Alexei Navalny Shows Cost of Impunity

Five European countries have accused Russia of using a lethal chemical weapon to murder the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The joint statement issued on February 14 by the UK, France, Sweden,...

Did Iran Use Chemical Weapons on Protesters?

The international community should immediately investigate accusations that the Islamic Republic attacked demonstrators with weapons of mass destruction.

To Distract From Its Own Violations, Russia Accuses Ukraine Anew of Manufacturing Chemical Weapons

Russia has made fresh claims that Ukraine is manufacturing chemical weapons, even though every past claim has turned out to be groundless. Moscow leveled the new accusation at a meeting of the Organization...

Syria Acts To Adhere to Chemical Weapons Convention, While Russia Doubles Down on Non-Compliance

Syria has taken key steps to eliminate its chemical weapons assets — but Russia has actually used its own stockpiles against Ukraine. That was the conclusion of the Organization for the Prohibition of...

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

Trump should get tough again on chemical weapons states

The media has largely ignored a disturbing trend: Russia is openly using chemical weapons against Ukraine. Ukraine’s army support services say Russia has carried out 4,800 chemical...

Unseen ‘Since the Nazis’: Syrians Uncover Mass Graves and Evidence of Assad Regime’s Atrocities

Hundreds of Thousands of Regime Victims Buried in Mass Graves: Human rights organizations are uncovering evidence of mass executions that occurred during the rule of ousted Syrian...

Intense IDF Strikes Reported on Former Assad Regime’s Military Sites in Syria

Israeli Air Force Reportedly Strikes Weapons Sites in Tartus: The IDF reportedly targeted weapons sites belonging to the ousted regime of former President Bashar al-Assad in the...

Israel does world a service by hitting Assad’s chemical weapons caches

In the wake of the Assad regime’s collapse, Israel did the world a major service. Over the past few days, the Israeli Air Force struck dozens of alleged Syrian chemical weapons...

‘Serious Concerns’: Israel Strikes Chemical Weapons Sites in Syria After Fall of Assad Regime

Israel Confirms IDF Strikes on Chemical Weapons in Syria: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar confirmed in a media briefing on December 9 that the IDF had struck chemical weapons...

Jihadi Rebel Surge Disrupts White House Plans for Syria

The Syrian civil war has cost half a million lives while forcing millions to seek refuge abroad, yet the Biden administration has continually sought to ease American pressure on the regime in Damascus...

OPCW Investigation Confirms Russia’s Likely Use of Chemical Weapons Against Ukraine

Russia’s consistent denials that its military forces have deployed illegal chemical weapons in Ukraine were dealt a serious blow on November 18, when the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical...

OPCW Must Act Against Russia’s Chemical Weapons Program

In The Hague last week, member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) failed to act against Moscow’s use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops. As a result,...

OPCW Visits Ukraine After Accusations of Russian Chemical Weapons Use

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited Ukraine last week to deliver critical chemical weapons detection equipment and training. The visit — following accusations by Kyiv...

Washington Accuses Russia of Chemical Weapons Attacks in Ukraine

The United States last week accused Russia of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops and sanctioned 12 Russian entities and individuals associated with Vladimir Putin’s ongoing chemical weapons...

For Russia, a Year of Setbacks at the OPCW

Yet Member States Still Have Not Imposed Consequences for Moscow’s Chemical Weapons Use

Ukraine Defeats Russia in Historic OPCW Election

Ukraine was elected this week to the 41-member Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), defeating Russia and unseating Moscow for the first time in the OPCW’s...