chemical weapons

Three decades after the U.S. started destroying its chemical weapons, it still has more than 3,000 tons.

Syria says it has accepted Russia's proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling.

U.S. officials say the intelligence linking the Syrian President Bashar Assad or his inner circle to the alleged chemical weapons attack that killed at least 100 people is no "slam dunk."

While a U.S.-led military strike in Syria appears all but inevitable, President Barack Obama faces some potentially awkward decisions about when to act.

Secretary of State John Kerry says there is "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, with intelligence strongly pointing to Bashar Assad's regime.

A U.N. spokesman says a vehicle belonging to a team investigating the Syrian regime's alleged use of chemical weapons has been "deliberately shot at multiple times" by unidentified snipers in Damascus.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says intelligence suggests the Syrian government has moved some of its chemical weapons, but the U.S. believes that the main sites still remain secure. Panetta says he does not have enough information to confirm if any of the moves suggest that some of the material has been acquired by the opposition forces battling the regime of Syrian President Ba