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Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria miss deadline

Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria miss deadline

Oct 29, – The chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog disclosed for the first time in a report obtained by The Associated Press that Syria has declared 41 facilities at 23 chemical sites where it stored approximately 1,300 tons of precursors and agents, and over 1,200 unfilled munitions to deliver them. International inspectors overseeing […]

October 29, 2013 | By | Reply More
Chemical watchdog to deploy second team to Syria

Chemical watchdog to deploy second team to Syria

Oct 08, –  The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons “will deploy a second team of inspectors for the mission in Syria,” it said in a statement. “That will augment the advance team of OPCW experts, who have been in Syria since October 1 conducting verification and destruction activities,” it said, without providing further […]

October 8, 2013 | By | Reply More
Aid group: Syrian children at risk of malnutrition

Aid group: Syrian children at risk of malnutrition

Sep 24, – As Syria’s civil war rages into its third year, millions of children in the country are at risk of malnutrition and face severe food shortages, an international aid organization has warned. Save the Children said four million Syrians — more than half of them children — are unable to produce or buy […]

September 24, 2013 | By | Reply More