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People wearing gas masks and posters reading “Stop to the chemical weapons” during a protest in front of the Albanian Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. (AP)

Albania rejects request to destroy Syrian weapons

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 15, 2013 | Middle East

Tirana, AP—Albania on Friday rejected a request from the United States for the tiny impoverished Balkan nation to host the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, a major blow to international efforts to destroy the arsenal by mid-2014. In a televised...

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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 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are staying in Damascus October 8, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri)

2nd chemical weapons team heading for Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2013 | Middle East

The Hague, Associated Press—The chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday the organization is sending a second team of inspectors to Syria to expand its high-stakes, high-risk mission to rid Syria of its poison gas stockpile. Ahmet Uzumcu,...

UN: Destruction of Syrian chemical program begins

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Associated Press—International inspectors began the enormous task Sunday of destroying Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons and the machinery used to create it, a United Nations official said, racing to meet a tight deadline to eliminate President...

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A file picture dated August 31, 2103, shows UN weapons inspectors arriving at the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, The Netherlands. (EPA/Guus Schoonewille)

Syria sends OPCW chemical weapons inventory

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 20, 2013 | Middle East

The Hague, AP—Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an “initial declaration” outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday. Spokesman Michael Luhan told the Associated Press that the declaration is...