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Syria gives detailed list of chemical arms

Syria has submitted a "more specific" list of its chemical weapons to the global regulator overseeing the destruction of its stockpile after discrepancies were reported by inspectors on the ground, officials said. Damasc

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Syrian arms stalling tests limits of US-Russia deal

At a closed door meeting, Western governments led by the United States took Syria to task for failing to surrender its chemical weapons under ambitious deadlines agreed with Russia after a poison gas attack in August. Speaker afte

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Syria to miss chemical arms shipping deadline

Syria has given up less than 5 percent of its chemical weapons arsenal and will miss next week's deadline to send all toxic agents abroad for destruction, sources familiar with the matter said. The deliveries, in two shipments

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Syria chemicals removal ‘not before end-June’

The removal and destruction of the most dangerous agents in Syria's chemical weapons arsenal may not be completed until the end of June, the head of the U.N. chemicals watchdog said on Thursday. Ahmet Uzumcu, who is in Rome to

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Germany to help destroy Syrian chemical arms

Germany will help destroy Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons materials as part of an international disarmament programme, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday. The new Social Democrat (SPD) minister said

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US ship set to destroy Syria chemical arms

The US-owned cargo ship with the capability to destroy the nastiest of Syria's chemical weapons will depart for the Mediterranean in about two weeks, officials said on Thursday as shipyard workers readied the vessel for new sea trials.

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Syria ‘to miss chemical weapons deadline’

Security concerns and bureaucracy have caused President Bashar al-Assad's government to miss Tuesday's deadline for the removal of deadly toxins from Syria, the global chemical weapons agency said. Bad weather and a comple

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Chemical arms used repeatedly in Syria: UN

Chemical weapons were likely used in five out of seven attacks investigated by UN experts in Syria, where a 2 1/2-year civil war has killed more than 100,000 people, according to the final report of a UN inquiry. U.N. investigator

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US ready to destroy Syria nuke weapons at sea

The United States has offered to destroy Syrian chemicals on a US ship, the global chemical weapons watchdog said on Saturday, and is looking for a suitable Mediterranean port where processing can be carried out. The Organisation

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Syria meets deadline to destroy chemical facilities

Syria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an ambitious disarmament programme, the international chemical weapons watchdog said. Th

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