CAIRO, April 17 -- Syria said today that it would not allow arms inspections on its soil but would join forces with the world to rid the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction, in line with a ...

Hans Blix, who heads the United Nations group that would carry out inspections in Iraq, warned earlier this month that if his inspectors return to that country the Security Council "will not tolerate" ...

WASHINGTON -- Disarmament by weapons inspectors was not going well. The defeated nation had agreed to disarmament verified by the victors, even though it had not been occupied or its capital captured.