Since the start of the war in Ukraine, medical workers have been concerned about the possibility of Russia using chemical agents against civilians. That hasn’t happened yet (none on official record) but a Syrian American nongovernmental organization is helping Ukrainian medical workers prepare for the worst.
A very famous girl was passed over for the peace prize. Instead, the Nobel committee chose a very obscure UN group tasked with eliminating chemical weapons across the globe.
One of the challenges facing UN weapons inspectors in Syria is how to gain access to areas controlled by rebels. Jihadis, some linked to al-Qaeda, have come from all over the Muslim world to battle the government of Bashar al-Assad.
International weapons inspectors have arrived in Damascus to start dismantling Syria's chemical weapons arsenal. And they'll be racing to hit a mid-2014 deadline for finishing the job.
Diplomacy is moving at an uncharacteristically fast pace as leaders of Iran and the US speak — for the first time in more than 30 years — and the UN moves forward with plans to destroy Syria's chemical weapons
As the Obama administration debates how to respond to the chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, we ask why chemical weapons are seen with such abhorrence. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Peter Beinart, senior political writer with the Daily Beast.
With the possibility that Moammar Gadhafi's reign may soon end, many are concerned about what will come of his stockpile of deadly weapons. Who will have control over the weapons?