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Rockets targeted #syria #chemical_weapons store: source
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Five rockets were fired at the main transit point for Syria’s chemical weapons this month, with one landing near to where experts overseeing the destruction of the toxic stockpile were staying, sources said on Tuesday. One rocket in the March 9 strike on the Mediterranean port town #Latakia landed about 500 meters (yards)from the hotel used by the joint mission of the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons mission (OPCW), the sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity. read more

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#OPCW fails to reach agreement on #syria #chemical_weapons delay
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The executive council of the Hague-based watchdog tasked with destroying Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal failed Friday to reach agreement on what to do about Damascus’s delays, because of divisions between Syria’s allies and the West. Different sources close to the talks at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said China, Iran and Russia wanted flexibility over the timetable, but the United States and the European Union insisted on being strict. So far, just 11 percent of Syria’s 1,200 tons of dangerous chemicals have been taken out of the country. read more

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#US and #Russia come to agreement on #syria chemical weapons
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Syrians hold banners and flags during a sit-in protest against a foreign military action on Syria on 13 September 2013 in Damascus. (Photo: AFP - Anwar Amro)

Updated at 2:40pm: The United States and Russia have agreed on a proposal to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday after nearly three days of talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Kerry said that, under the pact, Syria must submit a (...)

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