#syria hand over remaining chemical weapon stockpile, Pentagon says
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Syria is starting to relinquish the remaining stockpile of materials from its #chemical_weapons arsenal after months of delay it blamed on security concerns, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. “It is starting to be moved as we speak,” Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters. The news followed an announcement by the joint mission of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemicals that Syria had destroyed its entire declared stockpile of isopropanol, a precursor for producing sarin nerve gas. read more