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Syria's Assad Meets Chemical Weapons Deadline
Syria has not yet destroyed all its deadly chemical weapons, but it has made the machinery to manufacture them "inoperable." The UN's Organization for the prohibition of Chemical Weapons says the Assad regime has met the deadline set forth in agreements with the US and Russia. The ongoing civil war is another matter.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readSyria has not yet destroyed all its deadly chemical weapons, but it has made the machinery to manufacture them "inoperable." The UN's Organization for the prohibition of Chemical Weapons says the Assad regime has met the deadline set forth in agreements with the US and Russia. The ongoing civil war is another matter. Patrick McDonnell, Beirut Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times, has more.
