Syria begins destroying Assad-era chemical weapons
BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Syria has begun destroying the remnants of a clandestine Assad-era chemical weapons program that it recovered in May, the first such destruction in a decade, a Syrian envoy and a U.N. representative said on Thursday. Reuters reported in May that Syria's new leadership had located remnants of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons program, including…
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- Syria has started destroying Assad-era chemical weapon materials, UN envoy says timesofisrael.com
- Syria begins destroying Assad-era chemical weapons channelnewsasia.com
- Syria begins destroying remnants of Assad-era chemical weapons program israelnationalnews.com
- Syria begins destroying al-Assad-era chemical weapons materials aljazeera.com
