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Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen in the Qalamoun mountains north of Damascus. Syria’s army ambushed Islamist fighters in the Qalamoun mountains north of the capital Damascus on Friday, leaving as many as 60 people dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said (REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters)


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A crew member of the Norwegian frigate KNM ‘Helge Ingstad’ completing a gas safety practice onboard the vessel at an undisclosed location in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 December 2013. (EPA/LARS MAGNE HOVTUN / NORWEGIAN ARMED FORCES / HANDOUT)


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Ahmet Üzümcü, left, director of the OPCW, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli, Libya on February 4, 2014. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia)


Libya says all chemical weapons destroyed

Libya says all chemical weapons destroyed

Tripoli, AP—Libya’s caches of chemical weapons, including bombs and artillery shells filled with mustard gas, have been completely destroyed, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “Libya is totally empty of any presence of chemical weapons . . ....
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A UN vehicle is seen near a photo of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the entrance of a hotel where a team of experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are staying in Damascus October 8, 2013. (Reuters/Khaled Al-Hariri)


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Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS), a reference laboratory for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), carry a container with a dummy sample, during a demonstration in Munster October 15, 2013. (Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch)


US offers to destroy Syrian chemical weapons

US offers to destroy Syrian chemical weapons

Amsterdam, Associated Press—The United States has stepped forward to help destroy some of the most lethal parts of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile at an offshore facility, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Saturday. The...