With the United States withholding its financial contribution to the OPCW, the organisation faces a funding crisis that threatens its vital work. Former Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü argues that the OPCW has repeatedly demonstrated its competence and ability to adapt to changing circumstances, and urges Washington and other states parties in arrears to fulfil their financial obligations.

The Trump administration has paid only around 20 percent of the $90 million it owes the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Damascus, Oct. 13 (SANA) Syria’s Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais met with Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director-General Sabrina

Damascus, Oct. 13 (SANA) Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Murhaf Abu Qasra met with Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director-General

Damascus, Oct. 13 (SANA) Foreign and Expatriates Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani said that Syria has submitted more than 100,000 official documents to the

The Trump administration has paid only around 20 percent of the $90 million it owes the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

The Trump administration has paid only around 20 percent of the $90 million it owes the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Even if initial worries prove unfounded, history shows Moscow cannot be trusted regarding biowarfare.

By John Erath Since 1993, chemical weapons have killed thousands, with many times more affected, often suffering for years. This despite the Chemical Weapons Convention ban on such activity and a gene...

By John Erath Since 1993, chemical weapons have killed thousands, with many times more affected, often suffering for years. This despite the Chemical Weapons Convention ban on such activity and a gene...

With the United States withholding its financial contribution to the OPCW, the organisation faces a funding crisis that threatens its vital work. Former Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü argues that the O...

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Authorities in Russia’s Irkutsk region have completed a “series of preventive measures” after the death of Darya Shipilova, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, Governor Igor Kobzev said....

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An interview with Hassan Diab, forced by Russia in 2018 at age of 11 to lie about Assad regime chlorine attack killing 43 civilians in Douma

After the Syrian government launched a chemical attack on the rebel-held area of Douma, Syria, in 2018, some of the survivors were forced to falsely testify it never happened. Now, some of those peopl...

This research explored the role of air travel in the spread of infectious diseases, specifically severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), H1N1, Ebola, and pneumonic plague. Air travel provides the me...

SARS, Ebola and covid highlighted role of plane travel in spreading — and tracking — outbreaks.

Damascus, Oct. 7 (SANA) Syria's participation in the International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons could strengthen efforts to

The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the death of a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague, amid days of stonewalling from Russian offi...

The U.S. has warned Moscow that its failure to disclose details about the death violates international health obligations.

The State Department is pushing Moscow for details about the potential leak of pneumonic plague in Siberia.

Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old employee of a plague research institute, died overnight on October 1–2 in Shelekhov, a city just outside Irkutsk. Authorities then isolated about 200 people who had been...

Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks, fears around AI are distracting people from seeing what’s needed to stay safe: a strong, regulated life-sciences sector.

The United States is monitoring reports of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia after the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in the Siberian region of Irkutsk, as some US political fig...

This isn’t the time to stop the investigation of chemical weapons use

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An analysis of the Eastern Ghouta campaign and what Russian operational integration means for understanding what happened in Douma in 2018.

President Trump’s meetings with tech leaders produced some voluntary safeguards and a commitment to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the term that Mr. Trump prefers.

By John Erath Since 1993, chemical weapons have killed thousands, with many times more affected, often suffering for years. This despite the Chemical Weapons Convention ban on such activity and a gene...

Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. bi...