Russia says foreign-backed terrorists are preparing to stage a series of acts of sabotage and terror attacks in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib to implicate Syrian and Russian military forces.

The UAE ambassador to the UN has criticized politicizing Syria's chemical weapons issue, and called on all parties to respect the fundamental principles of the OPCW.

Syria’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations calls on the UN Security Council to deal with his country’s chemical file objectively and stay away from any politicization.

The Syrian foreign ministry says the EU is seeking to deceive the international community through false claims about chemical weapons use by government forces in the war-ravaged Arab country.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said it had summoned Dutch Ambassador Gilles Beschoor Plug.

Iran's ambassador to the United Nations calls on the Security Council to throw its influence behind constructive interactions between the Syrian government and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Iran’s envoy to the UN has decried the politicization of the Syrian chemical-weapons file by certain countries, stressing that the move will harm the credibility of global chemical watchdog OPCW.