Syria’s 1,000 Tons Of Chemical Weapons

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syria2International disarmament experts began the mammoth task of destroying Syria’s chemical arsenal today under a hard-won deal that averted threatened US military action following an August 21 gas attack.

The team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in Syria on October 1 to launch its mission to destroy the decades-old arsenal under the terms of a landmark UN Security Council resolution passed unanimously on September 28.

The task is huge, as Syria’s arsenal is believed to include more than 1,000 tonnes of sarin, mustard gas and other banned chemicals stored at an estimated 45 sites across the war-torn country.

The mission is the first in OPCW history to take place in a country wracked by civil war. Read more here.

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