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#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

US forces seize North Korean tanker transporting #Libyan oil
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US Navy Seals boarded and took control of a #North_Korea-flagged tanker that had loaded crude oil at a port held by rebels in eastern Libya, the Pentagon said Monday. No one was hurt “when US forces, at the request of both the Libyan and Cypriot governments, boarded and took control of the commercial tanker Morning Glory, a stateless vessel seized earlier this month by three armed Libyans,” Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement. read more

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