UN: First Chemicals Have Left Syrian Port

The international chemical weapons watchdog says Syria has moved the first batch of toxic chemicals out of the country after transporting it from two sites to the port city of Latakia and onto a Danish vessel. The head of the joint mission by the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Tuesday that the ship - accompanied by naval escorts from Denmark, Norway and Syria - will remain at sea awaiting the arrival of additional chemical materials at the...

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