Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 22:02
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has now joined the likes of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and Iraq`s Saddam Hussein by using chemical weapons against his own people, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 21:58
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country is ready for any "external aggression" as his regime described Obama`s move to seek Congressional nod before launching a military strike against it as "historic American retreat".
Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 16:13
A UN team of inspectors investigating an apparent poison gas attack in Syria will leave the country by Saturday morning, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today in Vienna.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 18:51
The United Nations Security Council was set for a showdown over Syria on Wednesday after Britain sought authorization for Western military action that Russia called premature.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 13:15
A recent report has revealed that the United States didn`t do anything to stop Saddam Hussein from the use of chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, despite sharing intelligence with Baghdad on the matter.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 00:07
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday took strong exception to the attack on the UN team probing allegations of a poison gas attack in Syria and demanded "safety and security" of the team members.
Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 21:32
The West has been unable to produce any evidence to back claims that the Syrian government used chemical weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 21:28
Traces of nerve agent would remain in victims for weeks, easily detectable if UN inspectors can examine people poisoned in last week`s suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, experts said on Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 19:39
A "very serious" US response to an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government does not require UN corroboration that the incident took place, a senior Republican senator said on Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 12:18
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton has said there appears to be `amazing confusion` on the president`s part about how to handle the Syria crisis and reports of chemical weapon use.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 18:41
In wake of the blasts on the INS Sindhurakshak, the Navy has ordered extensive checks on weapon-related safety systems on all its submarines, Defence Minister A K Antony told Lok Sabha.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 21:37
Seeking to prepare itself for futuristic warfare, Indian armed forces are planning to spend around Rs 6 lakh crore to get hi-tech equipment such as robots for combat roles.
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