45 percent of Syrian chemicals removed: Watchdog

The world’s chemical weapons watchdog says more than 45 percent of the raw materials for Syria’s poison gas and nerve agent program slated for destruction outside the country have been shipped out.

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Published: Fri 21 Mar 2014, 1:35 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 5:28 AM

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced Wednesday that two shipments were loaded onto cargo ships in recent days at Latakia port.

Syria has missed several deadlines on a timetable agreed last year to eradicate its chemical weapons by June 30, but insists it will meet the final deadline. It recently pledged to remove all chemicals by the end of April.

The chemicals will eventually be transferred to a U.S. ship, the MV Cape Ray, which has been fitted with equipment to neutralize hundreds of tons of the most toxic chemicals under supervision by OPCW experts.


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