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Showdown as West seeks to boost powers of chemical arms watchdog
A two-thirds majority, minus any abstentions, is needed for Britain’s draft to pass
Chemical weapons watchdog urges Syria to speed up handover
The OPCW has called on President Bashar al-Assad to pick up momentum in handing over Syria’s remaining chemicals for destruction.
Watchdog steadily eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons
The world’s chemical weapons watchdog says its inspectors have checked 11 out of 20 sites identified to be carrying Syria’s banned weapons.
Chemical weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace prize
The OPCW, a chemical weapons watchdog supervising the destruction of Syria’s arsenal, has won the Nobel Peace prize.
Inspectors return to Libya for chemical weapons sweep
Chemical weapons inspectors will examine two new sites in Libya containing possible chemical weapons stockpiles the former regime tried to hide.
New global push to scrap chemical weapons
A treaty-verification body on Friday called on 12 nations, including Syria, Iraq and Israel, to join a landmark pact for destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons. The…