Chemical warfare

The initials findings collected from autopsies conducted on three Syrians who died after being brought to Turkey for treatment after a suspected chemical gas attack in Syria's northern Idlib province suggests sarin gas was used in the attack, the Turkish Health Ministry said April 6. 

Autopsy results show that chemical weapons were used in the April 4 attack in Syria's Idlib, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has stated.

Turkey sent a report to the United Nations just before a U.N. Security Council meeting to address accusations that the Syrian government staged a chemical weapons attack on April 4, stating that the gas used in the attack was chlorine gas. 

Victims of a suspected chemical attack in Syria appeared to show symptoms consistent with reaction to a nerve agent, the World Health Organization said on April 5. 

"Some cases appear to show additional signs consistent with exposure to organophosphorus chemicals, a category of chemicals that includes nerve agents," WHO said in a statement, putting the death toll at at least 70.

Police on Friday were investigating early morning attacks launched against the town hall of Dafni suburb in southeastern Athens and the local post office. 

According to reports, unidentified assailants threw two gas canisters at the town hall and three at the post office at 4.45 a.m. 

Police were seeking the perpetrators behind a gas canister bomb attack on a branch of Hellenic Post (ELTA) in Maroussi, northern Athens, on Tuesday morning.

The Zone Rouge (Red Zone) is a region near Verdun, France spanning some 460 square miles of mostly virgin forest – at least on the surface. It’s teeming with history, making it a major tourist attraction and a source of income for locals – yet no one lives there and nothing is built there.

Properties linked to members of the so-called committee of wise men that drew up a list of proposals regarding labor market reform, one of the key topics in negotiations between Greece and its lenders, have been targeted by arsonists.

Unidentified arsonists planted homemade gas canister bombs outside the home of the president of the Actuarial Authority of the Greek Labor Ministry shortly before midnight on Monday, triggering an explosion that caused damage to the entrance of the building but no injuries.

Police were seeking the perpetrators on Tuesday and gave no indication of a possible motive.

Police on Friday were investigating an attack carried out with gas canisters at the offices of the National Institute of Labor and Human Resources in central Athens.

The explosion, which occurred shortly before midnight on Thursday, caused damage to the office entrance on Kostis Palamas Street.