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A general view of the Houses of Parliament and the river Thames in London, England, taken on January 21, 2014. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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A crew member of the Danish warship Esbern Snare enters a decontamination shower wearing a gas mask, while another crew member waits, during drills at sea between Cyprus and Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Two cargo ships and their warship escorts set sail at waters near Syria where they will wait for orders on when they can head to the Syrian port of Latakia to pick up more than 1,000 tons of chemical agents. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Syria: First chemical weapons removed as hints of Assad presidential bid surface
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian regime began moving chemical weapon precursor material out of the country on Tuesday after transporting it to the port city of Latakia and onto a waiting Danish vessel. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...Caption:
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)
Russia to host talks on eliminating Syria chemical arsenal
Moscow, Reuters—Russia will host international talks on Friday on the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. The meeting in Moscow will draw together experts from Russia, the United States, Syria, the United Nations...Caption:
Free Syrian Army fighters launch a rocket towards forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad in Latakia province in this October 16, 2013, file photo. (REUTERS/Khattab Abdulaa)
Israel strikes Russian weapons shipment in Syria
Beirut, AP—Israeli warplanes attacked a shipment of Russian missiles inside a Syrian government stronghold, officials said Thursday, a development that threatened to add another volatile layer to regional tensions from the Syrian civil war. The revelation came as the...Caption:
A Syrian national flag flutters over a building controlled by forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad in Ashrafieh, Aleppo September 17, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)