Russia fails to curb new powers of OPCW

By Anthony Deutsch
Updated November 21 2018 - 5:01am, first published 4:56am
The OPCW now has the power to state who's responsible if chemical weapons are used in a conflict.
The OPCW now has the power to state who's responsible if chemical weapons are used in a conflict.

Members of the global chemical weapons watchdog have overwhelmingly rejected a Russian-led push to undercut new powers that allow the agency to point the finger of blame for the use of banned toxic munitions in Syria.

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