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[RED DEMOCRATICA] Security issues hamper final Syrian chemical-weapons shipment

 

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Security issues hamper final Syrian chemical-weapons shipment
Just 8% of Syrian chemical-weapons stockpile remains in the country, but fighting in the area is preventing the material from being transported, says Sigrid Kaag, head of the United Nations-Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons joint mission. If the route can be secured soon, Syria could meet the June 30 deadline, Kaag says. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/8), Bloomberg (5/8), Voice of America (5/9)
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