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Added on the 10/04/2018 18:23:00 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog vote to strip Syria of its rights at the organisation in an unprecedented step after a probe blamed Damascus for poison gas attacks. SOUNDBITE announcing the adoption of the resolution
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad sign agreements between their countries during Raisi's landmark visit to Damascus, the first by an Iranian president since Syria's civil war broke out. IMAGES TO COMPLETE
Images of the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) before its 28th Conference of States Parties in the Hague, Netherlands. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says that NATO would "respond" if Russian President Vladimir Putin used a chemical weapon in his war on Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Qatar's top diplomat voices hope for a halt to normalization with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates paid a visit to Damascus. SOUNDBITE
The United States criticizes the top diplomat of ally the United Arab Emirates for meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, denouncing efforts to rehabilitate a "brutal dictator." "We are concerned by reports of this meeting and the signal it sends," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE