Washington Post | International monitors begin to destroy Syria's chemical weapons equipment Washington Post BEIRUT — Personnel overseen by a team of international monitors took blowtorches and high-speed saws to Syria's chemical weapons equipment Sunday, the first step on the road to dismantling what is believed to be one of the world's largest arsenals of ... Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons begins, UN says Destruction of Syrian chemical weapons begins: mission Under UN eye, destruction of Syrian chemical weapons begins |
NBCNews.com | Experts begin destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal NBCNews.com By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News. A team of international experts began the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons on Sunday, according to the United Nations. The group consists of international inspectors from the Netherlands-based ... |
BBC News | Syria chemical arms removal begins BBC News The rebel Free Syrian Army, on the other hand, accuses the regime of moving chemical stocks to its ally Hezbollah in Lebanon. That claim is not supported by proof but it emphasises that the international experts are attempting to work in the middle of ... |
Politico | US, Russia in First Talks Since Syria Deal ABC News The U.S. and Russia on Monday began their first high-level talks since sealing a deal to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons — and since the onset of an apparent warming between Iran and the West. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian ... US, Russia set for first high-level talks since Syria chemical weapons deal ... |
UN: Inspectors begin destroying Syrian chemical arms USA TODAY BEIRUT (AP) — International inspectors began destroying Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and the machinery used to create it, a United Nations official said Sunday, racing under a tight deadline aiming to eliminate President Bashar Assad's ... |
Syria war spills on to local streets The Australian SYRIA'S two-year-old civil war is spilling on to the streets of Sydney and Melbourne, with advocates on both sides claiming violence and persecution are commonplace. Sonya El-Abbas, a Melbourne-based nurse who has twice visited Syria to assist in ... Syria is Going to Become Al Qaedastan (and Three Other Myths... |
BBC News | Syria conflict: Assad hints at Germany mediation role BBC News The interview comes just days after a team given the job of eliminating Syria's chemical weapons said it had made "encouraging initial progress" after talks with government officials. UN-backed experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of ... Syria's Assad: 'A president also makes mistakes' Syria ratchets up tension with Turkey – warning it of dangers of rebel support Syria ready for talks but not with terrorists: Assad |
NPR (blog) | Destruction Of Syria's Chemical Weapons System Begins NPR (blog) In Syria, a team of international weapons experts has begun the process of destroying the country's chemical weapons arsenal. "The inspectors used sledgehammers and explosives to begin the work," NPR's Deborah Amos reports for our Newscast unit. |
RT | Intl сhemical team 'starts' destroying Syria arsenal, machinery RT A team of international experts are leaving to begin the "verification and destruction" of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, agencies report. By the end of Sunday a combination of weapons and production equipment will have been put out of order. The ... |
Christian Science Monitor | The chemical weapons trail: Inside the mission to destroy Syria's arsenal (+video) Christian Science Monitor A year ago, details of Syria's long-suspected chemical weapons program were shrouded in mystery. But in the past 12 months the Syrian opposition and human rights groups have lodged numerous accusations against the regime of Bashar al-Assad of using ... |