Syria Misses Deadline In Weapons Destruction Agreement -- MSNBC
The government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad missed a New Year’s Eve deadline to ship some of the deadliest chemicals in its weapons arsenal out of the country, in violation of a deal brokered by the U.S. and Russia last summer.
A representative from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons cited security concerns and technical delays in a Monday interview with Reuters. Assad’s government is responsible for securing the weapons en route to the country’s principal port of Latakia and in Latakia itself – where more than 20 tons of mustard nerve gas was scheduled to leave the country for destruction abroad on Tuesday.
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