| 单词 | sarin |
| 例句 | Quinn was meant to die in Season 5, a victim of sarin gas poisoning. Rupert Friend Is Tired of Killing 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The sarin attacks in Ghouta killed hundreds of civilians, including many children. 'The Killing of Osama Bin Laden' by Seymour Hersh details a grave threat to our democracy 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z When Barrett analysed dreams after the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, she found that people reported “lots of monsters and invisible assailants rather than actual gas attacks”. Our pandemic subconscious: why we seem to be dreaming much more – and often of insects 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Yes, and they were, understandably, upset by the napalm but not by the sarin gas? ‘The Night Manager’ Premiere: Do You Have to Love le Carré to Like This Show? 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The last part of the title refers to the story about how the drug was first developed by the Germans in World War II to counter the effects of sarin gas poisoning. Five documentaries to watch in 2014 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Yet there is overwhelming evidence against the regime, including of a sarin attack on Damascus suburbs in 2013 that left hundreds dead. Divided country, divided narratives 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Breathe deep like Allison and think of the injectable sarin antidote, surreptitiously administered to Quinn just minutes before his gassing begins. ‘Homeland’ Season 5, Episode 9 Recap: It’s Going to Be O.K. 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z They were commuting on a packed train in the morning in Tokyo, and all of a sudden somebody broke plastic bags of sarin gas, and some of them died. The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Zweig, the Austrian essayist, called it a “projectile,” as if it were a canister filled with sarin. Lenin and the Russian Spark 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z We also know now why Angela hates Roper so — he got into the chemical arms game after seeing the horrors wreaked by an attack on Iraqi schoolchildren with mustard and sarin gas. ‘The Night Manager’ Episode 4: Searching Looks and Alleged Drum Beats of Tension 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z She can’t believe he hasn’t seen the video of his exposure to sarin gas. Homeland recap: season six, episode two – The Man in the Basement 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z In January 1995, the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred in western Japan, and, in March of the same year, the Tokyo subway sarin attack was perpetrated by members of the cult movement Aum Shinrikyo. Read Your Way Through Tokyo 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z When the sarin attack happened, Husari took his camera to the makeshift hospitals that sprang up to cope with thousands of victims and sent the footage to international media. Young filmmaker aims to tell besieged Syrians' story 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Known chemical agents deployed on the Syrian people have included: chlorine gas, mustard gas, sarin and white phosphorus. Meghan McCain slams Putin summit: Trump “acted like a pathetic puppy who was completely neutere... 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Its methodology has been used to support the Syrian Archive’s submission of evidence to investigative and prosecute authorities in Germany, France, and Sweden about the 2013 sarin gas attack on Khan Shaykhun. Researchers hope tracking senior Myanmar army officers can ascertain blame for human rights abuses 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Two earlier cases involved criminal charges — the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, and the Myokakuji group, whose executives were convicted of fraud. Japan’s government asks a court to revoke the legal religious status of the Unification Church 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Two earlier cases involved criminal charges — the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which was behind a sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, and the Myokakuji group, whose executives were convicted of fraud. Japan government panel to decide whether to ask court to revoke legal status of Unification Church 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Many Japanese are especially cautious about new religions, an impact of the 1995 deadly sarin attack led by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that shocked the nation and ruined the image of new religious sects. In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Yoko Kamikawa, a former justice minister who oversaw the execution of key members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult responsible for the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, becomes foreign minister. Japan's new foreign minister is a woman, while pro-Taiwan lawmaker gets defence 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Al-Shami’s mother, three sisters and two brothers died that night — victims of the Aug. 21, 2013 sarin gas attack that killed hundreds and left thousands of others hurt. A decade after a sarin gas attack in a Damascus suburb, Syrian survivors lose hope for justice 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The munitions being destroyed in Kentucky are the last of 51,000 M55 rockets with GB nerve agent — a deadly toxin also known as sarin — that have been stored at the depot since the 1940s. US set to destroy its last chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The final phase of destroying the M55 rockets with sarin has been the most challenging, because of the age and deterioration of the rockets, said Candace Coyle, the plant’s project manager. Kentucky chemical weapons disposal program nearing completion, as US eliminates final stockpiles 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z U.N.-backed investigations have concluded the state used chemical weapons, including sarin and chlorine, on its own people. Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z U.N.-backed investigations have concluded the state used chemical weapons including sarin and chlorine. Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The Aum Shinrikyo, or Aum Supreme Truth cult, stages a series of crimes including simultaneous sarin gas attacks on Tokyo subway trains during rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring at least 5,800. Factbox: Kenya starvation deaths latest in long list of cult tragedies 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The Kentucky storage facility has housed mustard agent and the VX and sarin nerve agents, much of it inside rockets and other projectiles, since the 1940s. US set to destroy its last chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The GB nerve agent, also known as sarin, a colorless and tasteless toxin, can cause respiratory failure leading to death. Kentucky chemical weapons disposal program nearing completion, as US eliminates final stockpiles 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The deadliest was a 2013 sarin gas attack on Ghouta that killed hundreds of people but prompted no Western military response. Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z The attack with sarin gas killed hundreds of people but prompted no Western military response. Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z For six years afterward, despite assurances from Damascus and Moscow that all of Syria’s chemical weapons had been removed, Syrian civilians intermittently choked on chlorine gas, sulfur mustard gas and possibly sarin. Opinion | Biden better be ready to back up warnings about Chinese arms for Russia 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In 2013, he was working in a field hospital when rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were fired at several opposition-held suburbs of the capital, Damascus. Turkey and Syria earthquake: ‘The worst thing is to be a doctor in these circumstances’ 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The doomsday cult group Aum Shinrikyo, which carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995, was the first religious group in Japan that was forced to disband. Explainer: What is the Unification Church, and how will Japan's probe affect it? 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Under the general's command, Russian forces were involved in covering for the use of nerve agent sarin, Mr Lister says. General Sergei Surovikin: Who is Putin's hard-line new commander in Ukraine? 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z One such attack in 2017, also with sarin, prompted Trump to order a cruise missile attack. Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z In 2013, President Obama announced that he was considering a military strike on Syria in reaction to the Syrian government’s illegal use of sarin gas on its own citizens. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In 2018, Japan hanged 15 people, including the guru of the Aum Shinrikyo cult and 12 former followers convicted in the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people and sickened thousands. Japan executes prisoner who killed 7 in Tokyo street rampage 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z In 1995, sarin gas attacks by members of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo created a backlash against what are referred to in the country as new religions. In Japan, Abe Suspect’s Grudge Against Unification Church Is a Familiar One 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z It also includes instances of mass violence, like a 2016 knife attack that killed 19 people and a 1995 sarin gas attack by an extremist cult that killed 13. Does Abe Shooting Reflect Success of Japan’s Gun Laws, Not Failure? 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z They have pinned the blame on the nerve agent sarin, which was released into the air when caches of Iraqi chemical weapons were bombed. Sarin gas blamed for Gulf War syndrome 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The Obama administration identified the main poison as sarin, a liquid nerve agent that vaporizes into a deadly mist that human skin can quickly absorb. Ukraine’s Battlefield Is Haunted by Putin’s Chemical Weapons Legacy 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Iraqi soldiers dropped sarin and mustard gas on villages by plane in advance of infantry raids. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z FBI A batch of sarin gas may have been sold to terrorists. What's on TV Tuesday: 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS; the series finale of 'black-ish' on ABC 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Analysts say the Syria war set a horrific precedent in terms of deploying chlorine, sulfur and the nerve agent sarin, completely disregarding international norms and with no accountability. Chemical weapons use from Syrian war stokes Ukraine’s fears 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Some weapons, such as sarin and other extremely lethal nerve agents, leave distinctive chemical signatures that can be discovered weeks or months later in human bodies or on contaminated surfaces. Fighting in Ukraine impedes investigation of poison-gas claims 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z In 1995, a doomsday cult in Japan released sarin in the Tokyo subway, killing 13 people and making thousands ill. Explainer: What are chemical weapons and are they illegal? 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z It said it was “confident that the Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin at Khan Shaykhun on 4 April 2017”. Syria gas attack victim, awaiting justice, say impunity fuels war crimes 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z The Russian military could also use nerve agents such as sarin, which is extremely deadly but dissipates quickly, enabling the attacking army to subsequently occupy the targeted site. Will Russia Use Chemical Weapons in Ukraine? Researchers Evaluate the Risks 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In the worst attack, in August 2013, deadly sarin gas seeped into basements used by Syrian families as bomb shelters, killing an estimated 1,400 people. Intelligence points to heightened risk of Russian chemical attack in Ukraine, officials say 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z In 1995, cult members released sarin, a deadly nerve gas, in subway stations in Tokyo. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After decades of little use, sarin and chlorine barrel bombs were used systematically in the battlefield during Syria's civil war, killing or injuring thousands. Explainer: What are chemical weapons and are they illegal? 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z But it can be readily converted into phosphorous trichloride, a heavily regulated compound that is restricted from import into Syria because of its known use as a precursor for sarin and other nerve agents. Israeli airstrikes in Syria targeted chemical weapons facilities, officials say 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Last year, the team found reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian Arab Air Force was responsible for attacks using chlorine and the nerve agent sarin in March 2017 in the town of Latamneh. Majority of nations approve suspending Syria’s OPCW rights 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The team found last year reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian Arab Air Force was responsible for attacks using chlorine and the nerve agent sarin in March 2017 in the town of Latamneh. France urges rebuke for Syria over chemical weapons use 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Last year, the team also found reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian Arab Air Force was responsible for attacks using chlorine and the nerve agent sarin in March 2017 in the town of Latamneh. Investigation finds Syria likely behind 2018 chlorine attack 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Rather than authorizing military action against Assad in response to a sarin gas attack that killed hundreds outside Damascus, Obama opted instead for a Russia-backed agreement to remove Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles. Humanitarian imperialism: How the media exploits liberals' empathy to sell them war 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Assad also preserved a small portion of his sarin stockpile and used some of it on at least two occasions after 2017, U.S. intelligence officials later concluded. Israeli airstrikes in Syria targeted chemical weapons facilities, officials say 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z That mechanism accused Syria of chemical weapons attacks, including unleashing sarin in an aerial attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in April 2017 that killed about 100 people. Majority of nations approve suspending Syria’s OPCW rights 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z That team accused Syria of chemical weapons attacks, including unleashing sarin in an aerial attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in April 2017 that killed about 100 people. France urges rebuke for Syria over chemical weapons use 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The complaint is based on what the lawyers say is the most comprehensive body of evidence on the use of substances such as sarin gas in Syria. Syrian victims of chemical attacks file case with French prosecutors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Assad’s sarin is what is known as a binary chemical weapon — separated into two stable chemicals that become sarin when mixed. Review | What Assad’s chemical weapons really accomplished 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The chemist became particularly animated whenever the conversation turned to sarin. Book excerpt: Working for Syria’s chemical weapons program and spilling its secrets to the CIA 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Instead, researchers believe Gulf War syndrome may be due to soldiers being exposed to the nerve agent sarin. Gulf War syndrome 'not caused by depleted uranium' 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z In a statement, they said the government used sarin gas against civilians in 2013 and 2017 and that “hundreds were killed and many more received serious injuries, including children.” France urges rebuke for Syria over chemical weapons use 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z A U.N.-commissioned investigation to identify those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria concluded in 2016 that Syrian government forces had used chlorine and sarin gas. Syrian victims of chemical attacks file case with French prosecutors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z An undetermined number died from attacks using chlorine gas, which is much less toxic than sarin. Review | What Assad’s chemical weapons really accomplished 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Of all the weapons under development within Institute 3000, the chemist was clearly proudest of his sarin work. Book excerpt: Working for Syria’s chemical weapons program and spilling its secrets to the CIA 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Researchers now believe the most likely culprit is exposure to the nerve agent sarin - which was released into the atmosphere when Iraqi chemical weapons caches were bombed. Gulf War syndrome 'not caused by depleted uranium' 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z For that reason oximes, an antidote that pries nerve agents off AChE and leads to reactivation of the enzyme, may be far less effective against Novichoks than against classical nerve agents like sarin. How German military scientists likely identified the nerve agent used to attack Alexei Navalny 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z France’s intelligence services concluded in 2013 that a sarin gas attack on the Eastern Ghouta region just south east of Damascas that killed 1,400 people had been carried out by Syrian government forces. Syrian victims of chemical attacks file case with French prosecutors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Blades, the American who survived sarin exposure, is another hero. Review | What Assad’s chemical weapons really accomplished 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Military-grade sarin is 26 times deadlier than cyanide, and it works by attacking the nervous system, quickly paralyzing the muscles used in breathing, so that the victim dies an agonizing death of asphyxiation. Book excerpt: Working for Syria’s chemical weapons program and spilling its secrets to the CIA 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The United States stopped producing nerve agents in 1970, after the development of “third generation” nerve agents like sarin and VX. Aleksei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok, Germany Says 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z It is used for a family of highly toxic nerve agents with a composition slightly different from the better known poison gases VX and sarin. Explainer: What is Novichok? 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z The resolution, which passed by a vote of 29 to 3 with nine countries abstaining, also called for accountability for Syrian officials who authorized the use of sarin. Watchdog presses Syria to account for hidden chemical weapons 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The smell of pure sarin gas is the smell of nothing at all, and also the smell of death. Review | What Assad’s chemical weapons really accomplished 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z As he died, teams of workers in protective suits were mixing a new batch of the chemist’s binary sarin in an underground factory in the Adra hills, less than five miles from the prison. Book excerpt: Working for Syria’s chemical weapons program and spilling its secrets to the CIA 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, the absence of such an ethical standard enabled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to start large-scale production of tabun and sarin in 1981, using equipment and chemicals supplied by European and US companies. Nerve agents: from discovery to deterrence 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Aum first tried to assassinate Mr. Okawa, then later launched an attack on the Tokyo subway with sarin nerve gas, killing 13 and injuring thousands. Inside the Fringe Japanese Religion That Claims It Can Cure Covid-19 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The OPCW’s Investigation and Identification Team forensically linked the Syrian government to the sarin attacks three years later. Watchdog presses Syria to account for hidden chemical weapons 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Pressured by his ally Russia, Assad pledged to surrender his sarin and did in fact let the United States neutralize tens of thousands of gallons of it — enough to kill every Syrian many times over. Review | What Assad’s chemical weapons really accomplished 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Another one, called VX, was even deadlier than sarin, and longer lasting. Book excerpt: Working for Syria’s chemical weapons program and spilling its secrets to the CIA 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Security Council over a watchdog report blaming the Syrian air force for a series of attacks using sarin and chlorine in 2017. 5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Security Council on Wednesday over a report from the global chemical weapons watchdog blaming the Syrian air force for a series of attacks using sarin and chlorine on a rebel-held town in 2017. Russia clashes with Europeans over Syria chemical weapons 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z On March 24, the team found, a Syrian fighter jet dropped a bomb carrying sarin on the village, sickening 16 people. Syria Used Chemical Weapons 3 Times in One Week, Watchdog Says 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Less than a week later, the deaths at Ltamenah were eclipsed by larger sarin attack in the nearby town of Khan Sheikhoun, where at least 90 civilians were killed and at least 300 injured. Watchdog links Syria to deadly 2017 nerve-agent attacks 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z But they had been dismissed due to the weight of evidence supporting the finding that Syrian pilots had dropped sarin on the town on the orders of senior officers. Syrian regime blamed for using sarin gas in landmark OPCW report 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z In the attack, members of the cult used umbrellas to puncture plastic bags containing sarin, a deadly nerve agent, inside subway cars as they approached Kasumigaseki, the main government district. Tokyo marks 25th anniversary of subway nerve gas attack 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z It launched multiple lethal attacks using VX gas and sarin gas, killing more than 20 people and injuring thousands. Why we need worst-case thinking to prevent pandemics 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z On March 30, a Syrian fighter jet dropped another bomb on the village containing sarin, sickening at least 60 people. Syria Used Chemical Weapons 3 Times in One Week, Watchdog Says 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z It was for years home to the nation’s chemical weapons stockpile, including sarin and mustard gas. Coronavirus rumors and chaos in Alabama point to big problems as U.S. seeks to contain virus 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Last December, when Assad’s regime appeared close to collapse, American officials spotted Syrian technicians preparing bombs carrying the nerve agent sarin to be loaded onto aircraft. The Shadow Commander 2013-09-23T04:00:00Z Nothing prepared her for the devastating sarin gas attack of 2013. Where Doctors Are Criminals 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Novichok joins agents including sarin, ricin and sulfur mustard on the convention’s so-called Schedule 1 of banned substances. Chemical weapons watchdog adds Novichok to banned list 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In fact, he says he believes sarin was not used at all in Khan Shaykhun. Prestigious journal rejects paper about chemical attack in Syria after backlash 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Their manuscript focuses on a small impact crater in a road believed to be the site of the sarin release. Scientists clash over paper that questions Syrian government’s role in sarin attack 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Yet even after the enormous sarin attack on August 21st, which killed fourteen hundred civilians, Suleimani’s support for Syria has been unbending. The Shadow Commander 2013-09-23T04:00:00Z But there, they received a warning that they were on a government hit list because of their knowledge of the sarin attack and were forced to move to Turkey. Where Doctors Are Criminals 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z When Syria’s government kills 1,400 civilians with sarin in an opposition-held suburb, Obama initially surprises her by ordering unilateral airstrikes. Review | Can an uncompromising activist keep her integrity while working in the White House? 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z On 6 May, a volunteer subject, a 20-year-old soldier, was dosed with sarin there, began foaming at the mouth, collapsed into convulsions, and died an hour later. From mind control to murder? How a deadly fall revealed the CIA’s darkest secrets 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In 2017, it was the site of one of the worst sarin gas attacks by the Syrian government, prompting President Trump to order the first of two U.S. strikes against Syrian chemical weapons facilities. Syrian military recaptures strategic town held by rebels as civilians flee 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z In April 2017, a sarin attack struck the centre of the town, killing 92 and maiming more than 200 people. Turkish convoy in Syria hit by airstrikes, Ankara claims 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The JIM concluded in a series of reports that the Syrian military used both nerve agent sarin and chlorine as weapons, while Islamic State insurgents used sulphur mustard gas on the battlefield. Exclusive: New chemical weapons team to launch first Syria... 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Four buildings that receive and process mail for social media giant Facebook were evacuated Monday after a bag of mail tested positive for the nerve gas sarin, officials said. Facebook buildings evacuated after mail tests positive for sarin, officials say 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Machines in the mail room detected the chemical sarin — a potentially lethal nerve agent — inside the package, prompting officials to evacuate four buildings and call authorities. No sarin found in package sent to Facebook that prompted evacuations, officials say 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Incoming mail undergoing routine processing by machine tested positive for sarin, he said. Facebook says nothing dangerous after initial sarin scare 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “There is no sarin,” Johnston told the news agency. Facebook’s Silicon Valley campus given all clear after suspected sarin exposure 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z No one yet knows if the substance actually is sarin. Some Facebook Menlo Park buildings evacuated after possible sarin exposure in mailing facility 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Menlo Park Fire Marshal Jon Johnston told The Associated Press that incoming mail going through routine processing tested positive for sarin. Facebook buildings evacuated after mail tests positive for sarin, officials say 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says symptoms to sarin vapor exposure will likely appear within seconds. Facebook site evacuated after mail tests positive for sarin 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says symptoms to sarin vapor exposure will likely appear within seconds. Facebook site evacuated after mail tests positive for sarin 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Organophosphates — nerve agents and the chemical sarin are derivatives of the substance — contain an enzyme that breaks down a critical neurotransmitter in the brain that is necessary for normal functioning. Another American died in the Dominican Republic. Officials insist the country is safe. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z The research center tested toxic nerve agents such as VX and sarin gas, and some scientists conducted experiments that contributed to the development of bulletproof Kevlar vests and chemotherapy treatments for cancer. James Ketchum, who conducted mind-altering experiments on soldiers, dies at 87 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that destruction of chemical agents including mustard, sarin and VX will begin in June after decades of planning and preparations. Destruction of chemical weapons to begin in Kentucky 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The depot was built in the ramp-up to World War II. For nearly 50 years, 7 million pounds of deadly chemical weapons such as sarin, mustard gas and VX nerve agent were stored here. A New Life Awaits For The Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Trash cans were largely removed from Japanese streets after a 1995 sarin gas attack on the subway. Doggy massages and canine quiche: A reporter unleashed among Japan’s pampered pooches 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Although antidotes to OPs like sarin are available, the fast action of these nerve agents means such measures often come too late. Gel Packed with Chemical "Scavengers" Protects against Sarin Gas 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, thousands of Iranians were killed from exposure to the nerve agents sarin and tobin unleased by Iraqi forces. ‘Nanoscavengers’ could protect people from sarin gas, other nerve agents 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Hitler refused to use sarin gas during World War II. The mystery is why. History or hatred? Selling Hitler’s belongings and Nazi artifacts stirs a backlash. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Chlorpyrifos is part of the same chemical family as sarin nerve gas. President Trump’s Retreat on the Environment Is Affecting Communities Across America 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The US, UK and France launched one-off missile strikes after a suspected sarin nerve gas attack in Douma, a suburb of Damascus – strikes Moscow condemned as illegal. 2018: the year the global order frayed 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Developed by the French around WWI, tear gas was seen as less deadly than sarin or mustard gas. How the tear gas business is booming 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Nerve agents like sarin belong to a family of chemicals called organophosphates. ‘Nanoscavengers’ could protect people from sarin gas, other nerve agents 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z According to a subsequent United Nations report, an autopsy indicated that the woman had “tested positive” for the nerve gas sarin. Syria’s Last Bastion of Freedom 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z They did not dispute the OPCW’s finding that sarin gas was used. Bellingcat’s big Russia scoop confirmed 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z In 1995, a Japanese doomsday cult released sarin gas on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 people and sowing panic during the morning commute. Tokyo Olympic organizers conduct security tests with police 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The United Nations concluded that the toxin in that attack was another nerve agent, sarin. Russians Planned Attack on Lab Testing Salisbury Nerve Agent, Swiss Say 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The parents whose children killed by sarin gas appeared covered in small, white shrouds on newspaper front pages won’t either. Opinion | 3 Million People With Nowhere to Go 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Insecticides like chlorpyrifos are organophosphates, from the same chemical family as nerve agents like sarin and Novichok, the Russian-developed compound linked to recent attacks in Britain. Pesticide Studies Won E.P.A.’s Trust, Until Trump’s Team Scorned ‘Secret Science’ 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The Syrian government is the only party to the war known to possess sarin. Bellingcat’s big Russia scoop confirmed 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z These chemicals are called organophosphates, a class of compounds that includes certain pesticides as well as nerve agents like sarin gas. Marine Mammals Have Lost a Gene That Now They May Desperately Need 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The most notorious case, the sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, killed 13 people and injured thousands, making it the largest attack in Japan since World War II. Japan Executes 6 Members of Cult Behind Sarin Attack 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The cult’s release of sarin gas on the Tokyo subway killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000. Japan Executes Six More Members of Doomsday Cult 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z He released sarin on the Marunouchi subway line and was convicted for the attack and for illegal weapons production. Cult members hanged for Tokyo subway attack, other crimes 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The terrorists used bags of liquid sarin, which they pierced with sharpened umbrellas. On the hanging of Shoko Asahara, Japan’s nerve-gas guru 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z We found sarin under a fleck of paint on a bomb fragment. Why nobody knows how long Novichok is dangerous for 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z He headed the cult’s sarin development and production and was convicted for producing sarin, VX and other chemical weapons. Profiles of the 7 doomsday cult members executed in Japan 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Among those executed on Thursday were Matsumoto’s personal bodyguard and Aum’s chief science and technology officer, who was responsible for producing stocks of sarin and other chemicals capable of killing millions of people. Japan Executes Six More Members of Doomsday Cult 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Nakagawa and key members produced sarin at a cult compound and sprayed it from a van, in what was later regarded as an experiment for the subsequent subway gassing. Cult leader executed for Japan sarin attacks still a mystery 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z He often predicted the end of the world, by sarin or an American nuclear strike on Tokyo. On the hanging of Shoko Asahara, Japan’s nerve-gas guru 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The sarin attack, Japan's worst terror incident, killed 13 people and injured thousands more. Japan executes Aum Shinrikyo cult leader 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z "This is a more dangerous and sophisticated agent than sarin or VX and is harder to identify," says Professor Gary Stephens, a pharmacology expert at the University of Reading. What are Novichok nerve agents? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Trump spoke of "beautiful babies" killed by lethal sarin gas. Trump voices admiration and envy of Kim Jong Un, underscoring his respect for autocrats 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Under intensifying scrutiny from the government, the cult plotted the larger sarin attack on the subways in Tokyo on March 20, 1995. Cult leader executed for Japan sarin attacks still a mystery 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Syria formally submitted to the convention in September 2013, less than a month after a sarin attack in Ghouta killed 1,400 people. Anger Spreads as Syria Leads Global Disarmament Body 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z On 20 March 1995, cult members released the sarin on the subway in the Japanese capital. Japan executes Aum Shinrikyo cult leader 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Among the crucial questions is whether victims of the attack in Douma were killed by chlorine or sarin. Chemical Weapons Watchdog Chief Calls for New Powers 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Similarly, the 1995 sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subway by Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo killed 13 but injured several thousand more. Seattle biopharmaceutical startup developing a treatment for nerve-agent attacks 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The five cultists who carried bags of sarin onto the trains targeted three subway lines converging at Kasumigaseki, Japan’s government and political center similar equivalent to Washington’s Capitol Hill. Cult leader executed for Japan sarin attacks still a mystery 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Medics said hundreds of patients exhibited symptoms including skin discoloration, burning eyes and foaming at the mouth, indications of exposure to what they said was chlorine gas, a chemical poison, and sarin, a nerve agent. Investigators enter Syria's Duma, 11 days after suspected chemical weapons attack killed dozens 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z He said this likely included chlorine gas and sarin. Pentagon: No civilian casualties in Syria strikes 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z U.S. officials say Assad’s forces killed more than 40 people, including children, with chlorine gas and possibly sarin, a banned nerve agent. Syrians and Russians stop international inspectors from visiting site of suspected chemical attack 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Proniras’s founders believe their drug will provide a better response; initial studies already show it “effectively arrests seizures in rodents” exposed to a nerve agent related to sarin, called soman. Seattle biopharmaceutical startup developing a treatment for nerve-agent attacks 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Syria joined the OPCW, the organisation tasked with monitoring adherence to a 1997 convention on chemical weapons, in 2013 after a sarin gas attack that killed hundreds of people in Ghouta. Syria chemical attack: inspectors unable to access Douma site 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z In a U.S. military action a year ago in response to a sarin gas attack, missiles took out nearly 20 percent of the Syrian air force, the Pentagon said. US to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria’s Assad 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z American officials have said video and other evidence points to the use of both chlorine and sarin gas by the Syrian government. Trump to Impose New Sanctions on Russia Over Support for Syria 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z The three facilities developed, produced or stored chlorine or sarin, Pentagon officials said, and all appeared heavily damaged. Syrians and Russians stop international inspectors from visiting site of suspected chemical attack 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z “We’re promoting the reversal of sarin” and other nerve agents, added David Schubert, the company’s chief operating officer and also chief operating partner at Accelerator Life Science Partners, one of Proniras’s backers. Seattle biopharmaceutical startup developing a treatment for nerve-agent attacks 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z A joint United Nations-OPCW mission concluded the Syrian airforce was responsible for a sarin attack that killed nearly 100 people a year ago in the town of Khan Sheikhoun. Syria chemical attack: inspectors unable to access Douma site 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z U.S. intelligence officials say they’re confident that both chlorine and sarin were used in an attack on Douma earlier this month. Angus King says Trump’s Syria strike ‘within our national interest and justified’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Another U.S. official, also briefing reporters on the condition of anonymity, said Western nations strongly suspect that sarin gas was also used. President Trump declares victory as Pentagon details U.S.-led strikes in Syria 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Last April, the United States bombed the Shayrat air base in the province of Homs in retaliation for a sarin gas attack that killed about 70 people in the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun. Assad is defiant as U.S.-led strikes in Syria show no sign of threatening his hold on power 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The U.S. says it suspects that sarin gas also was used. Trump declares ‘mission accomplished’ after strike on Syria 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z And the nerve agent sarin, which the White House has said may also have been used a week ago, can be produced just about anywhere, as a French intelligence report released on Saturday noted. A Hard Lesson in Syria: Assad Can Still Gas His Own People 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The White House said doctors and aid organizations on the ground in Douma reported “the strong smell of chlorine and described symptoms consistent with exposure to sarin.” Certain of gas attack, allies struck Syria before UN report 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The military officials said they were confident that Syrian government installations that produced chlorine and sarin gas were destroyed or damaged. Trump declares, 'Mission Accomplished!' in Syria airstrikes 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Chlorine was indeed used, there were missiles carrying sarin. 'We’ve grown a thick skin: Damascus residents react to strikes 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z In a U.S. military action a year ago in response to a sarin gas attack, the Pentagon said missiles took out nearly 20 percent of the Syrian air force. Trump declares ‘mission accomplished’ after strike on Syria 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The United States, it noted, “also assesses the regime still has chemicals — specifically sarin and chlorine — that it can use in future attacks.” A Hard Lesson in Syria: Assad Can Still Gas His Own People 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z A second U.S. official said Britain, France and the U.S. are confident that the inspectors’ eventual report will confirm their findings that chlorine was used, likely in conjunction with sarin. Certain of gas attack, allies struck Syria before UN report 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z One produces sarin gas and the other is part of a military command post, the officials said. America, Britain and France strike Syria 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The statement said that “a significant body of information” pointed to the use of chlorine in the Douma attack while “some additional information” indicated that the nerve agent sarin was also used. The Pentagon's 'large body' of evidence that steered Trump to Syria strikes 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z But when a sarin gas attack in the Damascus suburbs of Eastern Ghouta killed about 1,400 people a year later, according to the U.S. government’s assessment, Obama backed away from a strike. Crisis in Syria, explained 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The American intelligence assessments suggest that while chlorine was the primary chemical, “some additional information points to the regime also using” sarin, which is more dangerous and harder to handle. A Hard Lesson in Syria: Assad Can Still Gas His Own People 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The following year, a sarin gas attack in Eastern Ghouta killed about 1,400 people, according to the U.S. government’s assessment. Six basic questions about the war in Syria 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Others showed symptoms, including constriction of the pupils and convulsions, that suggested an illegal nerve agent such as sarin was mixed in. U.S. ships fire cruise missiles at Syria in retaliation for suspected poison gas attack 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The defence secretary, James Mattis, said on Friday evening the US was sure about chlorine use in Douma but was “not certain about sarin right now”. The Pentagon's 'large body' of evidence that steered Trump to Syria strikes 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Use of any lethal chemical agent as a weapon, especially against civilians, is barred under international law, but unlike sarin, chlorine gas is not specifically prohibited by international treaty. Pentagon slow-rolls Syria strike, worried about the evidence and legal basis for attack 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z “For me, the big story is chlorine; it’s not sarin,” Mr. Knights said. A Hard Lesson in Syria: Assad Can Still Gas His Own People 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Nearly 100 people were killed in the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in an apparent sarin attack. Six basic questions about the war in Syria 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z After last year’s strike, victims of the attack were transported to Turkey, where doctors were able to examine patients and conduct tests that showed the presence of a deadly nerve gas, sarin. Trump Seeks Large Strike in Syria; Mattis Urges Caution 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z It suggested the evidence for sarin use was based principally on the symptoms of the victims, which it says were “consistent with exposure to sarin.” The Pentagon's 'large body' of evidence that steered Trump to Syria strikes 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z In that case, officials said, there was clear evidence that Syria had used sarin — evidence that is apparently not as clear this time. Pentagon slow-rolls Syria strike, worried about the evidence and legal basis for attack 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The report concludes that “the Syrian military retains expertise from its traditional chemical weapons agent program to both use sarin and produce and deploy chlorine munitions.” A Hard Lesson in Syria: Assad Can Still Gas His Own People 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z While suspected chlorine use is a focus of the probe, more attention will be devoted to whether a nerve agent such as sarin was deployed. Syria chemical attack: UN weapons inspectors to investigate site 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z One example is the release of sarin on the Tokyo subway in 1995 by a cult group, in which 12 people were killed. How to curb production of chemical weapons 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “These symptoms, in addition to the dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries reported, suggest that the regime also used sarin in its attacks on April 7,” the White House said. The Pentagon's 'large body' of evidence that steered Trump to Syria strikes 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The most noteworthy of the chemical weapons used during the Syrian war is sarin. Analysis | Chlorine, sarin or something else? The big questions in the alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack. 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z US officials said they seemed similar to images taken in the aftermath of the two confirmed sarin strikes, both of which had generated widespread condemnation of the Syrian regime. Syria attack: nerve agent experts race to smuggle bodies out of Douma 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z If sarin, or another nerve agent was used, then evidence should not be hard to find, chemical weapons experts say. Syria chemical attack: UN weapons inspectors to investigate site 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z If reports that a combination of sarin and chlorine gases killed more than 40 people in Douma, Syria are true, many of the survivors should expect to recover physically. The chemical weapons’ residue in Syria will fade, but the fear will remain 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z This was the case in the last U.S. attack against Syria, which followed a deadly sarin gas attack in the country’s northwest. Strike on Assad for use of chemical agents unlikely to advance wider U.S. goals in Syria 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The guided missile destroyer is armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, the weapon of choice in a U.S. attack one year ago on an airfield in Syria after a sarin gas attack on civilians. Donald Trump cancels South America trip in sign Syria military strike imminent 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z One year ago this month, Syria’s regime used sarin, which prompted U.S. cruise missile attacks that did not deter last Saturday’s use of chemical weapons. Opinion | Firing missiles into Syria may be cathartic — but catharsis isn’t foreign policy 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z But if sarin was used in Douma, some evidence is likely to remain. Syria chemical attack: UN weapons inspectors to investigate site 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z But unlike Agent Orange, neither chlorine nor sarin will contaminate the region for long. The chemical weapons’ residue in Syria will fade, but the fear will remain 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Soon afterward, the man known as “the Butcher of Damascus” launched a sarin attack that killed more than 80 Syrians. Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump gets schooled in Syria on how much his words matter 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z That echoed what Trump had said last April, when he ordered limited airstrikes on a military site in response to an alleged sarin attack in northwest Syria that killed civilians, including children. Trump says U.S. will decide on response to ‘atrocious’ attack in Syria in 24 to 48 hours 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The guided missile destroyer is armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, the weapon of choice in a U.S. attack one year ago on an airfield in Syria following an alleged sarin gas attack on civilians. Trump says US has many options in pondering military strike 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Last year, chemical weapons inspectors released a report that used signature impurities to trace sarin used in an April attack in Khan Sheikhoun to stockpiles held by the Syrian regime. Syria chemical attack: UN weapons inspectors to investigate site 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Much of what we know about sarin gas exposures comes from a long-term study of the victims of sarin attacks in Japan. The chemical weapons’ residue in Syria will fade, but the fear will remain 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z According to initial US intelligence assessment, Assad forces used helicopters to drop sarin gas in an attempt to oust Syrian rebels fighters from Douma. Trump says he will respond to Syria gas attack within 48 hours 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Last week was the first anniversary of a sarin attack that killed more than 80 Syrians in the town of Khan Sheikhoun. Trump tweets condemnation of Syria chemical attack, saying Putin shares the blame 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z When Trump ordered airstrikes last year after a chemical weapons attack, it was a response to the use of sarin gas, which is banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention that Syria has signed. Trump says US has many options in pondering military strike 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The images recalled earlier chemical weapons attacks on civilians in Syria, including those involving the nerve agent sarin. Dozens killed in apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria, rescue workers say 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z About eight percent of the sarin attack victims from the 1990s were diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, the study says. The chemical weapons’ residue in Syria will fade, but the fear will remain 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Last year, Mr. Trump launched a cruise-missile attack against the Assad regime after he used sarin gas in an attack that killed dozens. Trump Warns of ‘Price to Pay’ After Suspected Gas Attack in Syria 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Three days after the attack, Trump ordered a missile strike on the Syrian airfield that had been used by planes that dropped the sarin. Trump tweets condemnation of Syria chemical attack, saying Putin shares the blame 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z A year ago this weekend, Trump authorised the launch of Tomahawk missiles to hit an airfield in Syria, in response to a sarin attack on the village of Khan Sheikhun. Trump: 'big price to pay' for suspected Syria chemical weapons attack 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z In a statement, however, it reported a smell resembling chlorine, which would not explain the described symptoms, usually associated with sarin gas. Syrian rescuers, medics say gas attack near capital kills 40 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z The council met on the first anniversary of a chemical attack using sarin nerve gas on the Syrian rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed about 100 people. US: World ‘far more dangerous’ due to chemical weapons 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Then Soviet chemical weapons troops in full protective equipment extracted sarin gas from a munition and injected it into a live rabbit. ‘It’s got me’ – lonely death of Soviet scientist poisoned by novichok 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Tuesday marked the 23rd anniversary of Aum Shinrikyo’s sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, which killed 13 people and caused illness among thousands of others. Japan prepares to execute up to 13 members of Aum Shinrikyo cult 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Tuesday marks 23 years since members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult punctured plastic bags to release sarin nerve gas inside subway cars, sickening thousands and killing 13. Aum cult members face execution for Tokyo subway gas attack 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z For terrorists, sarin would be the nerve agent of choice to inflict mass casualties because of its high volatility and rapid uptake in the body. U.K. attack shines spotlight on deadly nerve agent developed by Soviet scientists 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z In 2013, it was the site of a deadly sarin gas attack that killed hundreds and the target of a years-long government siege. Seven years on in Syria: Nobody seems willing to stop the bloodshed 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Nerve agents such as sarin are typically used in the form of a gas or vapour. What We Know about Novichok, the 'Newby' Nerve Agent Linked to Russia 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z On 20 March, 1995, members used umbrellas with sharp tips to puncture bags filled with liquid sarin in five train carriages during Tokyo’s morning rush hour. Japan prepares to execute up to 13 members of Aum Shinrikyo cult 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z The Pentagon sent teams to destroy abandoned laboratories that once produced the chemical, believed to be orders of magnitude more lethal than sarin or VX. The Nerve Agent Too Deadly to Use. Until Someone Did. 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Novichok behaves slightly differently than other nerve agents, with some reports that the class of substances is deadlier than similar chemicals like sarin or VX and harder to identify. UK says ex-spy poisoned with Soviet-developed nerve agent 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z The U.S. responded militarily last year to reported Syrian government use of sarin gas, and Mattis was asked whether the administration is now considering retaliating for chlorine gas use. Pentagon head warns Syrian forces on use of chemical weapons 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z This works well for the more volatile sarin, which tends to evaporate easily or slowly get broken down by moisture. Nerve Agents: What Are They and How Do They Work? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z There are antidotes for nerve agents, such as oxime and atropine, which are particularly effective against VX and sarin, but they should be given soon after exposure to be effective. Russian spy: police officer left ill by attack named as Sergeant Nick Bailey 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Researchers would have initially looked for more common chemical agents, like sarin, and then proceeded through a long series of more obscure ones until they found a match, Mr. Hay said. The Nerve Agent Too Deadly to Use. Until Someone Did. 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z In 1995 members of doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 people and injuring about 6,000. Rare but deadly nerve agents have been used in war, terror 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The channel's UK correspondent reported the "interesting detail" that Britain's "secret" Porton Down facility manufactures the VX and sarin nerve agents, as well as other "UK weapons of mass destruction". Russian state TV anchor warns 'traitors' 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The two substances – too toxic to be used as commercial insecticides in agriculture – became known as tabun and sarin. Nerve Agents: What Are They and How Do They Work? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z In an attack on Tokyo's subway system in 1995, which killed 13 people, liquid sarin was placed in plastic bags that were pierced by umbrellas with sharpened tips. What are nerve agents and what do they do? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Though American laboratories stopped producing nerve agents around 1970, after the production of so-called third-generation nerve agents like sarin and VX, Soviet scientists continued their work for two decades, producing a “fourth generation.” The Nerve Agent Too Deadly to Use. Until Someone Did. 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z In 1995, a religious cult killed 12 people in the Tokyo subway by releasing sarin, made by some of its adherents who were also scientists. Former Russian Spy Poisoned by Nerve Agent, British Police Say 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The Assad government’s reported employment of chlorine has been much less lethal than that of sarin, at least in recent reported incidents in Syria. After reports of chemical attacks, White House considers new military action against Syrian regime 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The sarin plant was not operational by the time the Third Reich collapsed, but fell in to the hands of Soviet forces that overran Poland and Germany. Nerve Agents: What Are They and How Do They Work? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z France said chemical analysis of a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria last April bore “the signature” of Assad’s government. France will strike Syria if use of chemical weapons proven 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Engineers detonated Bunker 73, an earthen pit of 122-millimeter rockets filled with sarin gas and other forms of deadly nerve agents. Olympics pairs skater Chris Knierim honors his late stepfather, an Army veteran 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z In eastern Ghouta, scene of the 2013 sarin attack, at least 200 civilians were killed in Syrian and Russian air strikes in a few days last week. The epic failure of our age: how the west let down Syria 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z In November, also in Eastern Ghouta, hospitals described seeing patients with symptoms indicative of sarin, the society said. After reports of chemical attacks, White House considers new military action against Syrian regime 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z On March 20, 1995, members of the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult used umbrellas with sharpened tips to puncture plastic bags and boxes containing sarin while they were travelling on the Tokyo subway system. Nerve Agents: What Are They and How Do They Work? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z President Trump sent a powerful early message of U.S. resolve last year when he bombed a Syrian air base after the Assad regime used sarin gas against civilians. Testing Trump’s Chemical Red Line 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z He says the U.S. is “even more concerned” about the possible use of the nerve agent sarin. Mattis says US has no evidence of Syrian use of sarin gas 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “We’re certainly seeing the evolution of allegations into new kinds of weapons that suggests an ongoing production capability” related to sarin and chlorine weapons, one official said. Trump administration: Syria probably continuing to make, use chemical weapons 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Mattis told reporters last month that the United States was seeking evidence of renewed sarin use. After reports of chemical attacks, White House considers new military action against Syrian regime 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The sarin attack on Khan Sheikhoun in April last year prompted U.S. Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin att 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Eastern Ghouta was the target on Aug. 21, 2013, of an attack using lethal sarin nerve agent, which by some estimates killed 1,400 people. U.S. Accuses Syria of New Chemical Weapons Use 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z For the first time ever on a battlefield, nerve agents including sarin and tabun were unleashed by Iraqi forces. Seeking answers for Iran’s chemical weapons victims—before time runs out 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z An earlier version of this article misstated the precedent set by one of the Joint Investigative Mechanism’s conclusions in its report on the April 4 sarin attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. Leader of Chemical Weapons Panel Is Not Optimistic About Its Future 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Trump ordered the Pentagon to fire Tomahawk missiles on the Syrian facility believed to be linked to a sarin gas attack that killed 80 people. After reports of chemical attacks, White House considers new military action against Syrian regime 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Washington fired missiles at Shayrat in April 2017, saying the Syrian air force used it to stage the Khan Sheikhoun sarin attack on April 4 a few days earlier, killing more than 80 people. Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin att 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The inquiry’s report found the Syrian government was responsible for the April 4 attack using sarin in the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, killing dozens of people. Russia, U.S. stalemate over Syria chemical weapons inquiry 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Undeterred by charges that it was engaging in a war crime, Iraq repeatedly shelled Iranian forces with tabun, and later with sarin as well as a binary form of the agent, cyclosarin. Seeking answers for Iran’s chemical weapons victims—before time runs out 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z A JIM panel declared Thursday after an investigation that it is “confident that the Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin” at Khan Sheikhoun. Opinion | Russia wants it both ways on chemical weapons 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Their report, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, says leaders of the expert body are "confident that the Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin at Khan Sheikhoun on April 4, 2017." U.N. Says Syrian Military Used Nerve Gas on its Own People 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The analysis results raised the possibility that they would provide a link to other sarin attacks, the source said. Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin att 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The inquiry’s report found the Syrian government was responsible for the April 4 attack using sarin in the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, killing dozens of people. Russia, U.S. stalemate over Syria chemical weapons inquiry 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The same syndrome affected one victim of the Aum Shinrikyo cult's sarin terrorism, says Bahie Abou-Donia, a neurobiologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Seeking answers for Iran’s chemical weapons victims—before time runs out 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z “The panel is confident that the Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin at Khan Sheikhun on 4 April 2017,” the report, seen by AFP, says. Syria regime responsible for gas attack on rebel-held town, UN finds 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z It said forensic analysis confirmed the footage was made during the time of the sarin attack. U.N. Says Syrian Military Used Nerve Gas on its Own People 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The sarin attack on Khan Sheikhoun in April last year prompted U.S. Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin att 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The Syrian Air Force was responsible for a lethal sarin chemical attack on a northern rebel-held village on April 4, a United Nations investigative panel said Thursday. U.N. Investigative Panel Says Syria Used Sarin on Village 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The report by the experts supports the initial findings by the United States, France and Britain that a Syrian plane dropped a bomb with sarin on the town of Khan Sheikhoun. Experts blame Syria for chemical weapons attack in April 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Russia maintains that the sarin attack was probably caused by a bomb on the ground, not by a Syrian airstrike as alleged by the west. Russia uses veto to end UN investigation of Syria chemical attacks 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z —The symptoms of victims, their treatment and the scale of the incident "are consistent with a large-scale intoxication of sarin." U.N. Says Syrian Military Used Nerve Gas on its Own People 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Washington fired missiles at Shayrat in April 2017, saying the Syrian air force used it to stage the Khan Sheikhoun sarin attack on April 4 a few days earlier, killing more than 80 people. Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin att 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The town was the target of a sarin gas attack in April that killed at least 87 people, 30 of them children. Syria: Turkish forces prepare to support anti-Assad rebels in Idlib 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Thursday that tests found traces of “sarin or sarin-related chemicals” in Ltamenah after a March 30 attack that injured 50 people. Chemical weapons watchdog: Sarin traces in Syria attack 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Among those who perished were 5,000 civilians who died horrible deaths after Iraqi forces dropped mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin on the town of Halabja. Is the world ready for "Kurdexit"? Referendum among Iraqi Kurds has Middle East on edge 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The report supports the initial findings by the United States, France and Britain that a Syrian military plane dropped a bomb with sarin on the town. U.N. Says Syrian Military Used Nerve Gas on its Own People 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The analysis results raised the possibility that they would provide a link to other sarin attacks, the source said. Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin att 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The strike took place the morning after U.N. investigators said the Syrian government was responsible for a sarin poison gas attack in April. Israel hits Syria target reportedly tied to chemical weapons 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The campaign targeted medical facilities including the main hospital in the area, reducing the access to treatment for victims of the sarin attack and driving up the number of casualties, the panel said. U.N. Panel Faults Syria’s Military for Chemical Attack 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The attack was previously identified as containing sarin, an odourless nerve agent. Syrian regime dropped sarin on rebel-held town in April, UN confirms 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The experts determined sarin was released from a crater in the northern part of Khan Sheikhoun between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. U.N. Says Syrian Military Used Nerve Gas on its Own People 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The attack was previously identified as containing sarin, an odorless nerve agent. Syrian government dropped sarin on Khan Sheikoun: U.N. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The strike took place the morning after U.N. investigators said the Syrian government was responsible for a sarin poison gas attack in April. Israel hits Syria target reportedly tied to chemical weapons 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Hitler refused to use sarin during World War II. The mystery is why. ‘Shocking’: Neo-Nazis fly swastika flag, salute at Virginia shopping center where leader was killed 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Syria’s sarin stockpiles were largely withdrawn from the country in late 2013 after an attack using the banned chemical in the outer suburbs of Damascus that killed an estimated 1,300 people. Two North Korean shipments to Syria intercepted in six months, UN told 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Then, earlier this year, dozens of people were killed and hundreds were injured when warplanes with sarin attacked a residential area in Syria, which shares a border with Turkey. South Dakota woman uses business to make social impact 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Commission of Inquiry on Syria said a government warplane dropped sarin on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province in April, killing more than 80 civilians. Syrian government dropped sarin on Khan Sheikoun: U.N. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z A State Department report in 2001 found that North Korea was “already self-sufficient” in making all the necessary precursors for sarin and VX, as well as older weapons such as mustard gas. The message behind the murder: North Korea’s assassination sheds light on chemical weapons arsenal 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The Syrian government on Saturday dismissed a report by the international chemical weapons watchdog that said the banned nerve agent sarin was used in an April attack in northern Syria, saying it lacked "any credibility". Syrian government dismisses report on sarin attack 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The findings released Friday concluded that sarin nerve gas was used in the April 4 attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, killing more than 90 people, including women and children. Syria says chemical attack probe work of ‘sick mind’ 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The idea of sarin was on nobody’s table. Exclusive: Seymour Hersh dishes on new exposé upending the official story about Trump and Syrian chemical attacks 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Commission of Inquiry on Syria said a government warplane dropped sarin on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province in April, killing more than 80 civilians. Syrian government dropped sarin on Khan Sheikoun: U.N. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The White House warning was triggered by suspicious activity observed at the Shayrat air base from which the Assad regime launched a sarin attack in April. Room for skepticism on Trump team’s wider Syria policy 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Deadly sarin gas was used in an attack in Syria in April, the international chemical weapons watchdog confirmed Friday, after the U.S. accused the Syrian government of preparing for a similar attack. Sarin Used in April Attack in Syria, Watchdog Says 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z An attack in the outer Damascus suburbs in August 2013 killed about 1,300 people, drawing international condemnation and the surrender of much of Syria’s sarin stocks under a Russian-brokered, UN-supervised plan. Sarin was used in Syria attack, says chemical weapons watchdog 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z He saw pictures of what were said to be children wounded or killed by sarin. Exclusive: Seymour Hersh dishes on new exposé upending the official story about Trump and Syrian chemical attacks 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The attack was previously identified as containing sarin, an odorless nerve agent. Syrian government dropped sarin on Khan Sheikoun: U.N. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z By going public, the White House hoped to prevent Assad from launching another sarin gas attack, Sanders said. White House warning on Syria's chemical weapons is test of Trump's credibility, and of intelligence community he attacks 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z It surrendered most of its stockpile of sarin over a six-month period after the Damascus attack. What do we know about regime's use of chemical weapons in Syria? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z A point of contention for the Pentagon after the last strike was the Syrian regime’s alleged use of a nerve agent, like sarin. White House says Syria’s Assad preparing another chemical attack, warns of ‘heavy’ penalty 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Chlorpyrifos belongs to a class of pesticides called organophosphates, a diverse group of compounds that includes nerve agents like sarin gas. A Strong Case Against a Pesticide Does Not Faze E.P.A. Under Trump 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z He labeled Assad “a criminal” after a sarin gas attack killed dozens in the town of Khan Sheikhoun on April 4. France’s new leader untested on foreign policy, but no dummy 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z France last week published a detailed report into the Khan Sheikhoun attack, saying French tests showed that the sarin used bore hallmarks of the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons program. International probe underway to lay blame for sarin attack 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z These are used in the preparation and storage of sarin, often when it is mixed and weaponised from binary substances, and typically just before use. What do we know about regime's use of chemical weapons in Syria? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z In its report, Human Rights Watch documented 12 apparent chemical attacks since mid-December 2016, four of them involving sarin or another unidentified nerve agent. Chemical attack in Syria that drew U.S. response was just one in a series, rights group alleges 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z “There is no doubt about the use of sarin,” Ayrault said. Samples from Syria’s deadly sarin attack bear Assad’s ‘signature,’ France says 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Trump was deeply moved by televised images of children dying from a sarin gas attack this month in Idlib Province in northern Syria. Ivanka Trump Parts Ways With Her Father on Syrian Refugees 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Jean-Marc Ayrault said Wednesday that France now knows “from sure sources” that “the manufacturing process of the sarin that was sampled is typical of the method developed in Syrian laboratories.” The Latest: Russia slams Turkish strikes in Iraq, Syria 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z A large scale attack involving more than one tonne of sarin killed more than 1,300 people in the suburbs of of the Syrian capital in August 2013. What do we know about regime's use of chemical weapons in Syria? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Residents and first responders were among those who exhibited symptoms consistent with sarin exposure. Chemical attack in Syria that drew U.S. response was just one in a series, rights group alleges 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z In the hours after the April 4 attack, it claimed the sarin emanated from a rebel-run chemical factory after it was bombed by the Syrian air force. Samples from Syria’s deadly sarin attack bear Assad’s ‘signature,’ France says 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z France’s foreign ministry says deadly sarin gas used in a chemical attack in Syria earlier this month that killed 87 people “bears the signature” of President Bashar Assad’s government. Syrian chemical attack bears Assad's signature, France says 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Among the elements found in the samples were hexamine, a hallmark of sarin produced by the Syrian government, according to the report. French intelligence says Assad forces carried out sarin attack 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Biological samples taken from victims was used to confirm the use of sarin in the Damascus and Khan Sheikhoun attacks. What do we know about regime's use of chemical weapons in Syria? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The results of the analysis indicate that the victims were exposed to sarin or a sarin-like substance. Russian and western dispute over Syria chemical attack further muddies truth 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Following a sarin attack in September 2013, in which hundreds of civilians were killed in a Damascus suburb, President Barack Obama unsuccessfully sought congressional approval to launch a military strike on the Syrian government. Trump administration imposes sanctions on 271 employees of Syrian research center 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Ayrault insisted that France knows from “a certain source … that the manufacturing process of the sarin that was sampled is typical of the method developed in Syrian laboratories.” Syrian chemical attack bears Assad's signature, France says 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z It is unclear whether the Israeli officer was talking about sarin — the type reportedly used in the April 4 attack — or chlorine. Syria still has chemical weapons, U.S. defense secretary says 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z In the Khan Sheikhoun attack, preparations included the movement of forces closely linked to the use of chemical weapons to the airbase from where the jet that allegedly dropped the sarin took off. What do we know about regime's use of chemical weapons in Syria? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said this week that "incontrovertible" test results on samples from victims from the attack showed that the nerve agent sarin or a similar substance was used. Syria chemical weapons: 'No doubt' Damascus retains stocks - BBC News 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z But the April attack was the first time since 2013 that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons cited “incontrovertible” evidence that “victims were exposed to sarin or a sarin-like substance.” Trump administration imposes sanctions on 271 employees of Syrian research center 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z It matched the sarin in a 2013 chemical bomb dropped by a helicopter on the town of Saraqeb, in the northeast of the country, which failed to explode. Syrian chemical attack bears Assad's signature, France says 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The same group confirmed that sarin — a prohibited substance under the ban — was used in the April 4 attack. Syria still has chemical weapons, U.S. defense secretary says 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Wednesday that samples from 10 victims of the attack indicated exposure to sarin or a sarin-like substance. World Digest: April 19, 2017 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Islamic State doesn’t have the capacity to manufacture the more lethal nerve agents like sarin, Kimball said, but it could attack and seize whatever Syrian authorities refused to turn over. Syria has faced international condemnation for using chemical weapons. But Islamic State has them too 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z His prime objectives do not, I think, include the protection of Syrian children from Bashar al-Assad’s sarin, or humanitarian aid to Aleppo. Can Trump defuse North Korea by acting like Ike? | Matthew d’Ancona 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The nerve agent sarin attacks the body’s central nervous system, causing breathing difficulties and death. Syrian chemical attack bears Assad's signature, France says 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The invention of sarin gas was an accident. The fake news that haunted George Washington 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z International conventions prohibit the use of sarin, which causes a victim’s nervous system to go haywire and can kill in as little as a minute. World Digest: April 19, 2017 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z But his attitude changed abruptly after he watched “beautiful babies” and other innocents dying from the nerve agent sarin, which President Bashar al-Assad deployed against his own people. Opinion | A look at Syria: The everyday beauty and the everyday fears 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z This month, warplanes dropped a chemical agent — most likely sarin , according to doctors who treated the victims — on a town in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib called Khan Sheikhoun. Perspective | Why would Assad use sarin in a war he’s winning? To terrify Syrians. 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z As for the recent sarin attack, either Syria held back some material or it created some new material since 2014, even though production facilities were supposed to be eliminated. Analysis | Susan Rice’s claim that Obama got Syria to ‘verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile’ 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Given a few more months sarin could have been used in combat or to murder innocents. ‘She Hasn’t Ruined Your Art, She Has Made it Relevant’ 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z The nerve agent sarin was used in an attack that killed scores of civilians in northern Syria this month, the global chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday. World Digest: April 19, 2017 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Obviously, the Russians must have known banned sarin gas was used in these attacks, but there is no proof that they supplied the gas. Syria bombing: Readers weigh in 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z This was, in part, an emotional reaction to images of children dying of sarin poisoning. Opinion | The Great Reversal — for now 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The prospect of a sarin attack is particularly sensitive in Japan, where a doomsday cult used the nerve agent on the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 12 people. As North Korea celebrates anniversary, its neighbors are united by jitters 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, warned of another danger: that the North might be able to attack using missiles carrying the nerve gas sarin. Afghanistan, Syria, Beslan: Your Morning Briefing 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Last week, Mr. Trump ordered a missile attack on the Syrian military after Syrian forces killed civilians in a sarin gas bombing. Donald Trump says ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan shows difference between him and Obama 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z “On April 4, the lifeless bodies of innocent victims, grotesquely contorted and twisted by the nerve agent sarin, tell the real story,” Ward said. US berates Syria at OPCW meeting on Syria chemical attack 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The precise causes of GWI are still not fully understood, but the leading hypothesis is that exposure to sarin and similar agents likely caused the complicated damaging effects on the body suffered in GWI. Sickness that lasts a lifetime: Survivors of the gas attack in Syria face long-term illness 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The disinformation also falsely asserted that chemical agents other than sarin nerve gas were used. Donald Trump, Xi Jinping put North Korea in focus 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Nerve agents like sarin are far more dangerous and deadly, having been developed in secrecy during World War II. The agents disrupt nerve messages sent to the vital organs of the human body. Riddle of Why Hitler Didn’t Use Sarin Gas Remains Unsolved 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Turkey’s health minister said tests show sarin gas was used. Spicer says Hitler comment ‘inexcusable and reprehensible’ 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, Turkish doctors also said that test results conducted on victims confirmed that sarin gas was used. US berates Syria at OPCW meeting on Syria chemical attack 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z It seems likely that sarin attack victims in Syria will suffer permanent effects. Sickness that lasts a lifetime: Survivors of the gas attack in Syria face long-term illness 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The attack in northern Syria left nearly 90 people dead, and Turkey’s health minister said tests show sarin gas was used. Spicer apologizes for Hitler comment that angered many 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Some investigators were accidentally exposed and suffered the classic symptom seen among victims of the recent sarin attack in Syria — extreme constriction of the pupil. Riddle of Why Hitler Didn’t Use Sarin Gas Remains Unsolved 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z I think when you come to sarin gas, there was no — he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing. Opinion | The Daily Spicer: ‘Holocaust centers.’ Yes, the press secretary used that term. 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Dozens of people died of exposure to sarin in Khan Sheikhoun, including numerous children, officials said. Trump administration unveils intelligence discrediting Russia’s claims on chemical attack in Syria 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But what few in the general public realize are the life-long health consequences the survivors of sarin attacks will likely endure. Sickness that lasts a lifetime: Survivors of the gas attack in Syria face long-term illness 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The U.S. also said that it had confirmed that the government of Bashar al-Assad had used sarin gas in the attack. United Airlines, Borussia Dortmund, Sean Spicer: Your Wednesday Briefing 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z According to the Army’s textbook on the medical effects of chemical weapons, German attacks with sarin and tabun, another nerve agent, “would have been devastating and might have altered the outcome of that conflict.” Riddle of Why Hitler Didn’t Use Sarin Gas Remains Unsolved 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z When asked to clarify his comments he added: “I think when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing.” The White House forgets the Holocaust (again) | Timothy Snyder 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z “I believe that we should have, and still should, take out his airfields and prevent him from being able to use them to bomb innocent people and drop sarin gas on them,” she said. Remember when the establishment thought Trump was crazy? 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Asked to clarify the remarks, he added: “I think when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing.” Sean Spicer faces backlash after claiming Hitler did not use chemical weapons 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The attack in northern Syria left nearly 90 people dead, and Turkey’s health minister said test show sarin gas was used. Spicer says even Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The Nazi death camps, where millions of Jews, other civilians and enemy soldiers were exterminated, relied on chemicals far less hazardous than sarin, medical experts say. Riddle of Why Hitler Didn’t Use Sarin Gas Remains Unsolved 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z He continued: “I think when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing.” Sean Spicer: Syria’s Assad is worse than Hitler because “was not using the gas on his own people” 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Turkey’s health minister said Tuesday that test results confirm sarin gas was used. Spicer suggests even Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Turkey’s health minister said on Tuesday that test results confirmed sarin gas was used. Sean Spicer faces backlash after claiming Hitler did not use chemical weapons 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z “They were losing in a particularly important area. That’s what drove it,” the official said of the sarin gas attack. White House offers more proof of Syrian gas attack, cites Russian ‘misinformation’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Whether those foolish pronouncements encouraged Assad to have his air force apparently drop the nerve agent sarin on the hapless civilians of Khan Sheikhoun is not yet known. Opinion | The Syria strike was the right decision — by the wrong person 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Is it really better to barrel-bomb civilians than to kill them with sarin? Opinion | Trump’s cruise missile-attack leaves questions unanswered 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “You don’t suddenly bomb a sarin gas deposit and have sarin gas emerge,” he said. Syria Conspiracy Theories Flourish, at Both Ends of the Spectrum 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The Idlib attack, in which U.S. officials say munitions armed with sarin nerve gas were dropped on rebel targets, killed more than 80 people, including 11 children. Syria attack blurs focus on ISIS 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z A U.N. investigative team determined that sarin gas was used in the Ghouta attack, but its report did not identify a culprit. Chemical weapons attack latest in litany of Syria atrocities 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Within weeks, the general remade membership of the NSC decision-making principals committee — the one that weighed options to respond to Syria’s sarin nerve gas attack on civilians. Donald Trump listens to generals’ advice on military 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z That suggested that as long as the dictator used conventional means to kill his own people — barrel bombs instead of sarin gas — the United States would keep its distance. Tillerson Jabs at Russia Over Syria’s Chemical Weapons Use 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z So using sarin gas “made a lot of sense after public signals that the U.S. might not be seeking to oust him,” said Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Syria Conspiracy Theories Flourish, at Both Ends of the Spectrum 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z More than 80 civilians were killed in what Western analysts called a sarin attack by Syrian forces — a chilling demonstration that the agreement did not succeed. For Obama, Syria Chemical Attack Shows Risk of ‘Deals With Dictators’ 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z In that attack 29 years ago, sarin was combined with other poisons in one of the most deadly chemical attacks in history. For survivors of Halabja massacre, Syria gas attack evokes flashbacks of death 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Human rights groups and arms control campaigners have highlighted the government’s own admission that in the 80s the UK exported the chemicals necessary to make sarin to the Syrian regime. Could Britain have sold sarin chemicals to Assad’s regime? 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z In the wake of the apparent sarin attack in Syria, President Trump declared, “No child of God should ever suffer such horror.” Opinion | The strike on Syria should be just the first step 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Suggestions that rebel forces were behind the attack are dubious, Mr. Cordesman said, because of the nature of sarin. Syria Conspiracy Theories Flourish, at Both Ends of the Spectrum 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “Either he didn’t declare all his C.W. and kept some hidden in reserve, or he illegally produced some sarin after his stock was eliminated — most likely the former.” For Obama, Syria Chemical Attack Shows Risk of ‘Deals With Dictators’ 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z They were targeted by Saddam Hussein in an attack using multiple weapons, including the nerve agent sarin. For survivors of Halabja massacre, Syria gas attack evokes flashbacks of death 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z He added: “From the information we hold, we judge it likely that these chemical exports by UK companies were subsequently used by Syria in their programmes to produce nerve agents, including sarin.” Could Britain have sold sarin chemicals to Assad’s regime? 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z His wife and children were at home and sought refuge in their basement, where the sarin seeped in and suffocated them. Tragedy of a father who lost more than 20 family members in Khan Sheikhun 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z His team has cast the strikes, which targeted the base used to launch the sarin that fell on Khan Sheikun on Tuesday, as a contained response to the specific horror of chemical weapons. As Washington ponders Syria strategy, warplanes return to scene of sarin attack 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z The discovery of traces of sarin and VX renewed fears that Syria did not disclose all aspects of its chemical weapons program when it joined the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013. Q&A: Who has chemical weapons in Syria? 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Too bad they don’t have fears of a “mushroom cloud” to toss into the mix, although they do have the sarin gas attack, which they are wielding expertly, I must say. Trump’s new leaf: Shock and semi-awe 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z In 2013, Assad’s forces attacked civilians and rebels near Damascus with sarin, a banned nerve agent, killing more than a thousand people. Trump’s Confusing Strike on Syria 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z This is a silent place of mourning now, largely abandoned in the aftermath of the horrific sarin attack. Tragedy of a father who lost more than 20 family members in Khan Sheikhun 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “And I really believe that we should have and still should take out his airfields and prevent him from being able to use them to bomb innocent people and drop sarin gas on them.” Trump’s Syria Strike Has Some Critics Cheering and Some Fans Booing 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Ahead of disarmament, Assad’s government disclosed it had some 1,300 tons of chemical weapons, including sarin, VX nerve agent and mustard gas. Q&A: Who has chemical weapons in Syria? 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z He did so swiftly and almost impulsively, driven by his revulsion at the gruesome images of the aftermath of the apparent sarin gas attacks. Syria crisis tests Trump's plan for a new world order 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The strike was a response to the Syrian government’s use of sarin gas against civilians, and it drew applause from some in both the Democratic and Republican parties. When China’s Dinner Partner Went To War 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The bombs landed in the same part of town where Tuesday’s sarin missile had struck earlier, leaving behind a small, blackened crater. ‘It had a big impact on me’ – story behind Trump’s whirlwind missile response 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Further US strikes are unlikely unless sarin is used again. Syria war: Why now, what happened, what next? - BBC News 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z “The people were suffocated with sarin and Trump came and vented the anger,” said Abdul-Wahab al-Safar, a member of the town council. U.S. Allies in Middle East Praise Trump’s Missile Strike in Syria 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Doctors who treated some of the victims said their symptoms were consistent with exposure to the nerve agent sarin. Syria's ally Iran blasts U.S. missile strikes as 'dangerous, destructive and a violation of international law' 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump, in ordering Friday morning’s missile launch to retaliate for a sarin gas attack on the Syrian town of Khan... U.S. Strike, Unlike in 2013, Probably Won’t Endanger Assad Rule 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The missile allegedly contained the deadly nerve agent sarin. ‘It had a big impact on me’ – story behind Trump’s whirlwind missile response 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Tomahawk missiles, fired from warships in the Mediterranean Sea, targeted an air base in retaliation for the attack that America believes Syrian government aircraft launched with the nerve agent sarin mixed with chlorine gas. Trump defends attack on Syria; demands ‘end the slaughter’ 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Turkish experts found evidence civilians were targeted with chlorine and possibly sarin, a toxic nerve agent. Syrians confirm 'losses' at airbase following massive U.S. airstrike 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z In August 2013, the Syrian government’s use of sarin in an attack on a densely populated Damascus suburb killed hundreds of civilians, many as they slept. Deadly nerve agent sarin used in Syria attack, Turkish Health Ministry says 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z A U.N. investigation later finds that sarin nerve gas was used, but does not identify a culprit. Timeline of the Syria civil war and U.S. response 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z This was the first alleged attack by the regime using sarin since 2013, when the nerve agent was dumped on an opposition-controlled area of Damascus. ‘It had a big impact on me’ – story behind Trump’s whirlwind missile response 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Tomahawk missiles, fired from warships in the Mediterranean Sea, targeted an air base in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack that American officials believe Syrian government aircraft launched with a nerve agent, possibly sarin. US blasts Syria base with cruise missiles 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z U.S. officials say Syrian government aircraft killed dozens of civilians by using chlorine mixed with a nerve agent, possibly sarin, earlier this week. The Latest: Trump says Syria attack in ‘vital’ US interest 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The U.S. government believes the chemical agent sarin was used in the attack. Hillary Clinton calls for U.S. to bomb Syrian air fields 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Doctors Without Borders, the international aid organization, said it’s possible at least two different chemicals were used in the attack — sarin gas and chlorine. What happened to Syria's chemical weapons? 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z It suggested the planes that dropped the sarin had come from here, with some sources suggesting that Russian soldiers were stationed at the same base. ‘It had a big impact on me’ – story behind Trump’s whirlwind missile response 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Social media spread gruesome images of the Tuesday attack, which left more than 70 people dead and apparently involved a nerve gas, possible sarin. Here's some of what we know about the apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Across the province, doctors were noticing symptoms similar to those from sarin. The Grim Logic Behind Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attack 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The United Nations Chemical Convention, which bans the use of sarin in war, went into effect in 1997. Key Points on Sarin: The ‘Most Volatile’ of Nerve Agents 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The Turkish Health Ministry, meanwhile, said Thursday its own examinations of victims “suggest that the patients were exposed to … sarin.” Chemical attack probe aided by presence of victims in Turkey 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Hussein repeatedly attacked Iranian forces with sarin, killing more than 20,000. Analysis | How the world responds to chemical gas attacks: Outcry but no real action 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z More than four years ago, hundreds of people were killed after what was said to be a sarin gas attack on rebel enclaves near Damascus. Here's some of what we know about the apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The U.S.’s early assessment is that it involved the use of chlorine and sarin, according to two U.S. officials who weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity. Chemical attack kills 22 members of a single family in Syria 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The Syrian government agreed in 2013 to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile, including sarin. Key Points on Sarin: The ‘Most Volatile’ of Nerve Agents 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z To de Bretton-Gordon, as well as intelligence officials and political leaders in the West, it is already clear from video of the aftermath of Tuesday’s attack that the victims were exposed to sarin gas. Chemical attack probe aided by presence of victims in Turkey 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z And a nerve agent like sarin is not likely to be stored in its active form in such a facility, and its components would need to be mixed to be lethal. The Holes in Russia’s Account of the Syria Chemical Attack 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z “It’s very clear it’s a sarin attack,” he said. Western agencies scramble to obtain samples from Syria chemical attack 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z In 2013, horrific scenes of Syrians flooding hospitals or found dead in their homes after a sarin gas attack that killed hundreds in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Ghouta provoked international condemnation. Chemical attack kills 22 members of a single family in Syria 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Washington said it believed the deaths were caused by sarin nerve gas dropped by Syrian aircraft. Russia denies Assad to blame for chemical attack, on course for collision with Trump 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Rather than authorizing military action against Assad in response to a sarin gas attack that killed hundreds outside Damascus, Obama opted instead for a Russian-backed agreement to remove Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles. Trump has strong words after Syria attack — but what next? 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z And he said insurgents used sarin on residents of a Damascus suburb in 2013. The Holes in Russia’s Account of the Syria Chemical Attack 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z In that attack, the UN said the perpetrators probably had access to the stockpile of sarin held by the Syrian military at the time, as well as the expertise to use it. Western agencies scramble to obtain samples from Syria chemical attack 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The Tuesday attack appeared even more serious: Medical personnel on the scene cited symptoms consistent with exposure to nerve agents, such as sarin. Opinion | In Trump’s world, is it okay to use chemical weapons? Now we will find out. 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The incident is the first time Washington has accused Assad of using sarin since 2013, when hundreds of people died in an attack on a Damascus suburb. Russia denies Assad to blame for chemical attack, on course for collision with Trump 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Syria joined the convention in 2013 after launching sarin attacks on several Damascus neighborhoods — strikes that killed hundreds of civilians and pushed the United States to the brink of military intervention. Chemical attack kills dozens in Syria as victims foam at the mouth, activists say 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z “Chlorine gas doesn’t cause such convulsions,” he said, adding that doctors suspect sarin was used. Chemical attack kills dozens in Syria, US blames Assad 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z In the aftermath of the Ghouta massacre, the UN team supervised the surrender of the sarin supplies, the removal of which was supposed to have been completed early in 2014. Western agencies scramble to obtain samples from Syria chemical attack 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z It was a sarin attack near Damascus in August 2013 that prompted President Barack Obama first to propose, and then to retreat from, punitive military action against the Assad regime. Opinion | In Trump’s world, is it okay to use chemical weapons? Now we will find out. 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z "Chlorine gas doesn't cause such convulsions," he said, adding that doctors suspect sarin was used. Suspected gas attack kills at least 58 in Syria, including children 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The attack appeared to be the largest and most toxic chemical attack in Syria since August 2013, when more than 1,000 people were killed in the Damascus suburbs by the banned toxin sarin. Gas Attack Is Said to Kill Dozens in Syria 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z VX is one of the most toxic and fastest-acting chemical warfare agents, much more toxic than sarin, and especially so if entry is through the skin, according to the U.S. Kim Jong Un’s half brother was killed by VX nerve agent, a chemical weapon, Malaysia police say 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “The view that it’s an al-Qaida or rebel stockpile of sarin that’s been blown up in an explosion, I think is completely unsustainable and completely untrue.” Western agencies scramble to obtain samples from Syria chemical attack 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z It is suspected of being particularly focused on mustard, phosgene, sarin and V-type chemical agents – substances including VX that are designed to poison through contact and remain lethal for long periods of time. VX nerve agent used in killing of Kim Jong Nam 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Or it could have been cyanide or sarin gas, according to a Seoul university professor who didn’t want to be identified because Kim’s autopsy results weren’t out yet. Mystery deepens, questions build in N.Korea princeling death 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z In 2013, Human Rights Watch accused Syrian government forces of using sarin gas in attacks on two Damascus suburbs, killing hundreds of civilians. Syrian government used chlorine gas against Aleppo civilians, report says 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z An expert at a security consulting firm tried to be helpful, telling her that sarin is not gas. Opinion | Trump and academia actually have a lot in common 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Western intelligence agencies are seeking biological samples from survivors of the chemical weapons attack in northern Syria to compare against specimens of sarin taken from the Syrian military’s stockpiles four years ago. Western agencies scramble to obtain samples from Syria chemical attack 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z A year later, in August 2013, the U.S. said sarin attacks by the regime had killed some 1,400 people. Obama’s View of Syria Threat Level Shaped Legacy of Caution 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The failure to enforce his stated “red line” after President Bashar al-Assad used sarin gas in a Damascus suburb in August 2013 is seen by some as the worst stain on Obama’s legacy. John Kerry blames Britain for derailing Obama's plan for intervention in Syria 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The international operation removed 1,290 metric tons of chemical weapons such as sarin, VX, and sulfur mustard, which forms mustard gas, all of which are banned under international law. Assad's Regime Is Still Using Chemical Weapons in Syria 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Arlington fire trucks were stocked with antidotes to sarin and other chemical and biological agents. For First Responders, 9/11 Struck Close to Home 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z “Axiomatically, if you blow up sarin, you destroy it.” Western agencies scramble to obtain samples from Syria chemical attack 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Under threat of United States retaliation for the sarin attacks, the government agreed to eliminate its previously secret chemical weapons program. Doctors in Syria Tend to Scores of Victims in Gas Attack 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Teams of reporters who subsequently arrived at the abandoned site found laptops and documents containing recipes for sarin gas and other toxic compounds, tables specifying lethal dosages, and gruesome videos. He’s the son of Osama bin Laden’s bombmaker. Then ISIS wanted him as one of its own. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z And the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which killed 12 people. In Japan, suspect in mass stabbing wanted disabled people ‘euthanized’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The country hasn’t experienced mass violence by extremists since 1995, when the religious group Aum Shinrikyo released lethal sarin gas in the Tokyo subways, killing 13 and sickening thousands. Mass Killing in Japan Shocks a Gentle Nation 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The cult Aum Shinrikyo releases sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system, killing 13 and sickening thousands more. In Low-Crime Japan, Rarity of Mass Killings Only Heightens the Shock 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Until now, the biggest mass killing here in the postwar period was a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995, which killed 13. Knife Attacker Wanted to Rid Japan of the Disabled, Authorities Say 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z March 20, 1995: Doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo disperses sarin nerve gas on Tokyo subway trains, killing 13. Past mass killings in Japan 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z On the evidence of Halabja, Hussein was also really good at killing women and children with mustard gas, sarin, tabun and VX. The true danger to democracy is cynicism, not anger 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The alleged use of sarin is another sign that Assad appears ready to breach any diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the war. Can Assad keep crossing the ‘red line’? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In the early hours of August 21st, the Syrian government launched rockets carrying sarin gas into densely populated neighborhoods in Damascus, killing more than fourteen hundred people. Exposing Assad’s War Crimes 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z On 20 March 1995, during rush hour, cult members punctured bags filled with a liquid form of the nerve agent sarin, using sharpened umbrellas, on train lines that went through Tokyo's political district. Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult surfacing in Europe - BBC News 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The banned cult was responsible for a deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, which killed 13 people and injured 5,000. Russia police raids target Japan Aum Shinrikyo cult - BBC News 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z In 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo cult released sarin gas in the Tokyo subway, killing 13 people and causing widespread fear. Islamic State Wants to Use Chemical Weapons Against U.S., Intelligence Chief Says 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z I’m not sure we had much influence, but the British had gotten a sample of that sarin gas and realized, “My god, this isn’t the sarin in Syrian government stock.” “Intelligent people know that the empire is on the downhill”: A veteran CIA agent spills the goods on the Deep State and our foreign policy nightmares 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z They processed approximately 600 tons of chemical weapon materials that included mustard gas and components for the nerve agent sarin.” Obama administration blocks Washington Times FOIA request on Syria chemical weapons 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z President Barack Obama threatened air strikes against Syria after hundreds of civilians were killed with sarin gas in 2013. As nations try to solve the crisis, a look at Syria's 2 wars: Who's fighting whom, and why? 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z He quickly determines that his captors are creating deadly sarin gas for an attack on European soil. 'Homeland' recap: Heat is on so Allison spins her lies 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z This included sulfur mustard as well as ingredients for the nerve agents sarin and VX. Islamic State Wants to Use Chemical Weapons Against U.S., Intelligence Chief Says 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z On the 21st of August, 2013, there is a sarin gas attack outside Damascus. “Intelligent people know that the empire is on the downhill”: A veteran CIA agent spills the goods on the Deep State and our foreign policy nightmares 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z The agency led the Obama administration’s mission, along with international groups, to remove and destroy Syria’s stocks of ricin, sarin, mustard gas, hydrochloric acid and other components in 2014. Obama administration blocks Washington Times FOIA request on Syria chemical weapons 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z What happens when Bashar Assad resumes using sarin gas against his own people, using Russian air power as protection against potential reprisals while blaming the attacks on ISIS? Syria’s Radiating Danger 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z I had recounted how I barely survived those sarin attacks and the siege of my hometown, Moadamiya, near Damascus; and how, by some miracle, I managed to trick the regime into letting me leave Syria. The Rubble of Obama’s Syria Policy 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Traumatisation, the world’s failure to properly arm the Free Army, and the west’s refusal to act when Assad used sarin gas, handed the reins to various Islamists. Isis’s destruction of Palmyra: ‘The heart has been ripped out of the city' 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The West accuses President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of using sarin gas, a nerve agent, in an attack two years ago near the capital, Damascus, that killed hundreds. Islamic State accused of using mustard gas in Syria attack 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The Aum Shinrikyo sect in Japan was able to manufacture sarin gas and release it on the metro in Tokyo in 1995. 'There is no silver bullet': Isis, al-Qaida and the myths of terrorism 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z More than 600 tons of Assad’s sarin and mustard agents were destroyed by the U.S. last year under a brokered deal. U.S. investigating possible ISIS mustard gas use against Kurds 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Western officials say samples taken by inspectors at the sites found traces of sarin and VX, which they say confirms that they had been part of the chemical-weapons program. Mission to Purge Syria of Chemical Weapons Comes Up Short 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Whilst sarin nerve agent is also considered to be "non-persistent", its molecular structure means that breakdown products and unique physiological markers remain detectable for a much longer period after use. The challenge of assessing Syria's chemical weapons - BBC News 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The president’s situation grew more complicated with new reports that international inspectors had found traces of sarin and ricin, which were covered by the Russian-American agreement. Traces of Chemicals in Syria Add to Pressure on Obama to Enforce a ‘Red Line’ 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The Syrian government was held responsible for a series of chemical weapons attacks, including a deadly sarin attack near the capital, before that accord. Inspectors in Syria Find Traces of Banned Military Chemicals 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z "This is a pretty strong indication they have been lying about what they did with sarin," one diplomatic source said. Exclusive: Weapons inspectors find undeclared sarin and VX traces in Syria - diplomats 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Western nations removed 1,300 metric tons of weapons-grade chemicals, including ingredients for nerve agents sarin and VX, and destroyed production and mixing equipment and munitions. Mission to Purge Syria of Chemical Weapons Comes Up Short 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z It approved the initiative after the nerve agent sarin was used in an attack on several suburbs of Damascus that killed hundreds of people. The challenge of assessing Syria's chemical weapons - BBC News 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Even Syria bowed to international pressure and acceded to the CWC in 2013, less than a month after it used the nerve agent sarin to kill more than 1,400 people in Damascus. A century of chemical warfare: nations reflect on grim anniversary 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z The nerve agent sarin was in the fallout from the U.S. bombing or detonating of Iraq’s weapons sites. U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z But Damascus has denied using sarin or any chemical weapons in battle during Syria's continuing civil war. Exclusive: Weapons inspectors find undeclared sarin and VX traces in Syria - diplomats 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The containers held chemicals that, when mixed together, created sarin. Mission to Purge Syria of Chemical Weapons Comes Up Short 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Unlike the nerve gas sarin — or mustard or chlorine gas , which were used in World War I — cyanide gas is lighter than air. Can cyanide powder on a piece of mail actually hurt someone? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The release of sarin gas into the Tokyo subways by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult killed 13 people. Survivor's tale: The Tokyo sarin gas attack 20 years later 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Because the DOD and CIA still claim troops weren’t exposed to high-enough doses of sarin to hurt them, the VA has denied full disability status to 80 percent of veterans seeking help. U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z In 2013, the United States threatened military intervention against Syria's government after sarin gas attacks in August of that year killed hundreds of residents in Ghouta, a rebel-controlled suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus. Exclusive: Weapons inspectors find undeclared sarin and VX traces in Syria - diplomats 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z On the main road into the city, inspectors toured one of the largest sarin storehouses, surrounded by a wall but few guards. Mission to Purge Syria of Chemical Weapons Comes Up Short 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Mohammed’s journey began on Aug. 21, 2013, when Ghouta, a Damascus suburb where he lived, was hit with rockets carrying the nerve agent sarin. Migrants Risk Death to Escape War and Get to Europe 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z In 1995, unable to obtain nuclear weapons, members of Aum Shinrikyo launched an attack on the Tokyo subway system with sarin nerve gas that killed thirteen people and injured more than five thousand. Nuns and Nuclear Security 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z But when I asked about the use of sarin gas against civilians in August 2013, I clearly crossed a line. I survived a local cease-fire in Syria 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The diplomatic sources said the sarin and VX nerve samples were taken from the Scientific Studies and Research Centre, a government agency where Western intelligence agencies say Syria developed biological and chemical weapons. Exclusive: Weapons inspectors find undeclared sarin and VX traces in Syria - diplomats 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z But others contained the nerve agent sarin, which analysis showed to be purer than the intelligence community had expected given the age of the stock. C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z February 21 is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. March 20 is the 20th anniversary of the Tokyo sarin gas attack. Top 10 Anniversaries in 2015 Good for Denmark in that they choose to juggle vials of anthrax, sarin and ebola. For Jihadists, Denmark Tries Rehabilitation 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z More than 200,000 people have been killed as the regime deployed its full arsenal, including barrel bombs and sarin gas, against civilians. To defeat the Islamic State we must first remove Bashar al-Assad International inspectors have found traces of sarin and VX nerve agent at a military research site in Syria that had not been declared to the global chemical weapons watchdog, diplomatic sources said on Friday. Exclusive: Weapons inspectors find undeclared sarin and VX traces in Syria - diplomats 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z It added a warning: the use of a Borak in an improvised bomb “could effectively disperse the sarin nerve agent.” C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z The C.I.A. document mentioned above described the shell as “containing a 40 percent concentration of sarin.” Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Powered by seawater, the micrometre-sized rockets are capable of degrading agents like anthrax and sarin. Rockets 'destroy chemical weapons' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Aum Shinrikyo operatives were given a great deal of operational freedom until their plans were discovered after the 1995 sarin attacks on the Tokyo subway. Evaluating Ebola as a Biological Weapon 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The Times found cases, dating back to 2004, of US troops serving in Iraq encountering some 5000 munitions containing sarin, mustard gas, nerve agents and other chemical weapons. Pentagon 'unlikely' to investigate after blockbuster chemical weapons report 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z One veteran familiar with the program said warheads were tested by putting them in “an old cast-iron bathtub” and drilling through their metal exteriors to extract the liquid sarin within. C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Temporary sealing was meant to contain the remaining sarin residue in the shell. Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In 1988, late in the war against Iran, Iraq had tested a batch of prototype 152-millimeter shells containing segregated containers for sarin precursors, according to its confidential declarations. The Secret U.S. Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, after revelations of the Soviet biological and chemical weapons programs and the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway, the U.S. assigned its defensive drugmaking to the Pentagon. How the U.S. Screwed Up in the Fight Against Ebola 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Damascus agreed last year to eliminate its entire chemical weapons program after a sarin attack on Aug. 21 killed hundreds of people in Ghouta, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Damascus. Exclusive: Syria reveals more chemical weapons facilities to watchdog - sources 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The analysis of sarin samples from 2005 found that the purity level reached 13 percent — higher than expected given the relatively low quality and instability of Iraq’s sarin production in the 1980s, officials said. C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z So the sarin improvised explosive device in Iraq was a comparatively weak version of a weapon that Western arms designers contemplated decades ago. Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Its canisters had ruptured during the roadside bomb’s detonation, mixing precursors to create sarin with a purity of 43 percent — more than enough to be lethal. The Secret U.S. Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The deal, brokered by the United States and Russia, followed reports of a deadly sarin gas attack on a Damascus suburb in August 2013 that Washington believes killed some 1,400 people. Watchdog Agency Concludes Chlorine Used as Weapon in Syria 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Hundreds of people are killed when rockets filled with the nerve agent sarin are fired at several districts in the Ghouta agricultural belt around Damascus. Timeline: How the Syria conflict has spread 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z An internal record from 2006 referred to “agent purity of up to 25 percent for recovered unitary sarin weapons.” C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Even medics who rushed to help the victims died after inhaling sarin lingering in the air. Hope fades for Syrians one year after chemical attack 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Two days later, the military released an account of their sarin exposure, without revealing names or units involved. The Secret U.S. Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Maritime Administration industrial ship, completed their weekslong work of neutralizing roughly 600 tons of chemical weapons substances such as mustard gas and a precursor used to make sarin on Monday. Amid Iraq and Ferguson Chaos, Destroying Syrian Chemicals Gets Little Fanfare 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The deal was drawn up after hundreds of people died in a sarin attack in the Ghouta area outside Damascus on 21 August last year. Syrian sarin gas chemicals destroyed 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z At least once he scammed his handlers, selling rockets filled with something other than sarin. C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Nerve agents such as sarin, soman and VX are much more deadly. Mustard plants, not mustard gas 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z In September 2004, months after Sergeant Burns and Private Yandell picked up the leaking sarin shell, the American government issued a detailed analysis of Iraq’s weapons programs. The Secret U.S. Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Iraq said the Muthanna complex, north-west of the capital Baghdad, housed remnants of rockets filled with sarin and other deadly nerve agents. Iraq rebels 'seize nuclear material' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z |
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