Syria's military is reported to be prepared to use sarin, a potent nerve gas, posing an obvious threat to Syrian civilians -- and to the rest of the world. What is sarin? What other chemical weapons ...

Interior Ministry says it detained Adnan Abboud Hilweh, who it says was responsible for sarin nerve gas 'massacre' on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Syrian government forces seized control of ...

Syria’s Lurking Terror: A History of Sarin Gas 6 minute read In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, a man collects his belongings after his home was damaged due to heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army ...

Secretary of State John Kerry announced that evidence shows Sarin gas was used during the chemical weapons attack that killed over 1,400 people in Syria last week and compared Bashar al-Assad to ...

UNITED NATIONS – A team from the international chemical weapons watchdog found exposure "to sarin or a sarin-like substance" in samples from an April 4 attack in northern Syria that killed over 90 ...

Sarin is an extremely volatile nerve agent because of its ability to change from liquid to gas. If it evaporates into a gas, it can spread into the environment. Sarin’s designation by NATO is GB.

The beginning of 2013 saw a steady build-up of imperialist pressure on the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad as insurgent forces, backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, stepped up their attacks on the ...

GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - Wearing chemical suits and gasmasks, Syrian doctors rush to a house where white smoke wafts over a group of people choking and coughing, some calling out for help. It is ...