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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on September 19, 2013, shows Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad gesturing during an interview with Fox News in the capital, Damascus. (AFP PHOTO/HO/SANA)
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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
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
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...Caption:
In this image released by the UN, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) walks with Lakhdar Brahimi (L), Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria, in St. Petersburg, host city of the 2013 G20 Summit. (AFP)
France pushing for wider participation at Geneva II
Paris and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—With preparations for the Geneva II peace conference underway, France is seeking to secure wider participation in order to increase the chances of a political solution to the Syrian crisis, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt. A French...Caption:
Smoke rises from buildings after what activists say was an air strike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Homs September 26, 2013. Picture taken September 26, 2013. (Reuters/Thaer Al Khalidiya)