Russian permanent representative recently called on the UN to take control over loosely guarded uranium yellowcake stockpiles in the Libyan Desert Sabha, writes ITAR-TASS. “I have spoken with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the issue, and asked him to take it up with the United Nations mission in Libya,” says Russia’s UN envoy, Vitaly […]

Russia says insecure uranium “yellowcake” in Libya threatens global security

Syria’s regime says it will need at least a year to dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal, but if Libya’s experience is anything to go by, this is a hopelessly optimistic forecast. Damascus has provided the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with a full inventory of its chemical arsenal, in order to […]

9 years on, Libya still not free of chemical weapons