Biological and Chemical Weapons

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama underscored U.S. concerns about Syrian chemical weapons in a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the White House said. The United States is trying to determine the...

* U.N. chief Ban meets with head of U.N. investigation * No access to Syria nearly six weeks after inquiry created * Western, Israeli officials say Syria used chemical weapons By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, April 29 (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-...

BEIRUT — Last week’s allegations from top U.S. officials that Syrian forces probably deployed chemical weapons against rebels come amid an array of disputed  reports about purported chemical attacks in Syria. There have been at least three...

Syria is believed to have a large stockpile of chemical weapons. U.S. intelligence agencies now suspect that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government has used small amounts of these chemicals against rebels fighting to unseat him, an assessment...

WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - A group of nations should get troops ready to invade Syria in order to secure possible stocks of chemical weapons, a senior U.S. senator said on Sunday. Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said U.S. troops...

* Turkish support key in any military intervention * Iraq memories fuel scepticism on chemical weapons claims * Jordan concerned by Islamist fighters among rebel ranks * U.S. allies ultimately seen toeing Washington's line By Nick Tattersall...

By Phil Stewart and Peter Apps WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - Despite President Barack Obama's pledge that Syria's use of chemical weapons is a "game changer" for the United States, he is unlikely to turn to military options quickly and would want...

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies unanimously agree that Syrians have been exposed to deadly sarin gas in recent weeks, but they are divided over how certain they can be that the Syrian regime is to blame, U.S. and congressional officials said...

By Susan Cornwell and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - As he nears the end of a dozen years as director of the FBI, Robert Mueller finds himself defending the agency over its handling of two high-profile cases. It is a familiar spot for...

April 26 (Reuters) - Charges that Syria has used the chemical weapon sarin have raised questions about the nerve agent, how it kills and what level of evidence it will take to prove it was used on the Syrian people. WHAT IS SARIN? Sarin is a man-made...

Sen. Bob Casey added his name Friday to a growing list of lawmakers urging the White House to take some form of military action against Syria in the wake of new evidence that President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Casey,...

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, April 26 (Reuters) - Assertions of chemical weapon use in Syria by Western and Israeli officials citing photos, sporadic shelling and traces of toxins do not meet the standard of proof needed for a U.N. team of experts...