Why is the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons so twitchy about allowing scientists to transparently and objectively discuss the evidence on the alleged Douma attack?

A political analyst says the United States is manipulating international bodies, like the Organization of Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), to advance its own interests.

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The Syrian foreign minister says the United States and its allies have turned the OPCW into a tool to advance their hostile agenda against his country.

Syria dismisses as “false and fabricated” the results of a probe by the OPCW into an alleged chemical attack in Saraqib in February 2018.

A senior Russian diplomat warns against attempts to incriminate the Damascus government and Syrian army troops at the OPCW over alleged chemical weapons use in the war-ravaged country.

Russia warns that foreign-sponsored HTS terrorists are preparing for a chemical attack in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib to implicate government troops.

Retired US army colonel Lawrence Wilkerson says international organizations such as OPCW at times come under pressure from certain countries to "alter the facts."

A group dedicated to defending whistleblowers says the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “sidestepped” concerns about its controversial investigation into the 2018 alleged chemical attack in Syria's Douma.

Russia calls on global chemical weapons agency to conduct impartial investigation into an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma near the capital Damascus on April 7, 2018.