Plan For Destruction Of Syria’s Chemical Weapons

The exact text of the plan remains classified, but Syrian chemical weapons will be destroyed at sea aboard a U.S. ship.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has finalized its plan for the destruction of Syria's stockpile of weapons and precursor chemicals, with the most toxic material to be destroyed at sea aboard a U.S. ship. But factors beyond the Nobel Peace Prize-winning watchdog's control could lead to

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Syria Meets Deadline, Destroys Chemical Weapons Sites

OPCW inspectors say Syria met milestone on path to destroy chemical weapons.

Jacob Chamberlain
By Jacob Chamberlain
Headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP/Peter Dejong)

  Meeting the demands put forth in a deal brokered by Russia and the United States last month, all chemical weapons production facilities controlled by the Syrian government have now been destroyed, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Thursday. Syria "has completed the functional destruction of critical

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