Looks like the first batch finally has left Syria.
First batch of Syrian chemical weapons material leaves the country
By Nabih Bulos
January 7, 2014, 12:26 p.m.
BEIRUT -- The first batch of Syrian chemical weapons material has left the country, according to international officials overseeing the removal and destruction of the governments toxic arsenal.
"A first quantity of priority chemical materials was moved from two sites to the [Syrian] port of Latakia for verification and was then loaded onto a Danish commercial vessel today," said Sigrid Kaag, special coordinator for the joint United Nations and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons mission.
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First batch of Syrian chemical weapons material leaves the country
By Nabih Bulos
January 7, 2014, 12:26 p.m.
BEIRUT -- The first batch of Syrian chemical weapons material has left the country, according to international officials overseeing the removal and destruction of the governments toxic arsenal.
"A first quantity of priority chemical materials was moved from two sites to the [Syrian] port of Latakia for verification and was then loaded onto a Danish commercial vessel today," said Sigrid Kaag, special coordinator for the joint United Nations and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons mission.
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First batch of Syrian chemical weapons material leaves the country - latimes.com