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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs releases a detailed breakdown of Palestinian casualties since March 30 by date, age, gender, and injury. A total of 40 deaths and 1,511 injuries are listed. More than 400 injuries are ascribed to gas inhalation.
2018-04-25

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad accuses the United Kingdom of faking evidence of a chemical weapons attack in Douma.
2018-04-22

The Obama administration claims that Russia was responsible for the bombing of a United Nations aid convoy near Aleppo on September 19. Russia denies its involvement. In the aftermath of the attack, the United Nations suspends all aid convoys in Syria.
2016-09-21

Dozens of American diplomats send a memo, via the State Department’s "dissent channel", critical of U.S. policy in Syria. The memo was signed by 51 mid- to high-level State Department officers involved with advising on Syrian policy, and calls for airstrikes against President Bashar al-Assad's government to stop its persistent violations of the United Nations-sponsored February ceasefire.
2016-06-16

The delegation of the government of Syria rules out starting any direct talks with the opposition delegation as U.N. sponsored peace talks enter a third day in Geneva.
2016-03-16

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution aimed at identifying those responsible for deploying chlorine and other chemical weapons in attacks in Syria.
2015-08-7

A United Nations human rights team says there are "reasonable grounds" to believe that chemical weapons have been used in Syria.
2013-06-4

"Le Monde" reports continued use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria.
2013-05-28

20 United Nations peacekeepers are detained by around 30 armed fighters in the Golan Heights on the border between Syria and Israel.
2013-03-6

Russia calls for a joint United Nations-Arab League inquiry on terrorist mass slaughters of civilians.
2012-08-29