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The joint mission of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemicals had announced on Tuesday that Syria had destroyed its entire stockpile of isopropanol, a component used in the preparation of Sarin nerve gas. In a statement, the UN-OPCW mission said, “Now 7.2 percent of Syria’s chemical weapons material remains in country and awaits swift removal …

The head of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) today called for safe and unfettered access to the remaining eight per cent of Syria’s chemical weapons material that needs to be removed and destroyed. Speaking to reporters after a closed-door briefing to the UN Security Council, Special Coordinator Sigrid …

New claims have surfaced that President Bashar Assad’s regime launched chemical attacks with an industrial chemical agent earlier in the month, despite its international agreement to get rid of its entire chemical arsenal. The latest evidence, cited by French and US authorities, comes as Syria announced its plant to hold a presidential election on June 3, which the Syrian opposition …