Syria Hands Over Last of Chemical Weapons Stockpile

The international chemical weapons watchdog charged with ridding Syria of its stockpile says it has received the last of the country's toxic chemicals identified for removal. The head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Ahmet Uzumcu, said at a news conference Monday in The Hague the ship carrying the last of the chemical weapons had just left the Syrian port of Latakia. Uzumcu said it will take up to four months to destroy the 1,300 tons of chemicals...

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