Less than 5 percent. So much is left for Assad to use on his people.
Syria unlikely to meet deadline on its deadliest chemical agents
President Bashar Assad's government has delivered less than 5% of its deadliest chemical weapons agents. The deadline is next week.
By Paul Richter
January 29, 2014, 4:45 p.m.
WASHINGTON Syria has delivered less than 5% of its deadliest chemical weapons agents to international authorities a week before a deadline to surrender the entire cache, officials said Wednesday.
The government of President Bashar Assad, which is fighting a bitter civil war against insurgent militias, has transferred about 32 tons of the so-called Category 1 chemical agents to the Syrian port of Latakia, where it has been loaded onto ships for destruction at sea.
But about 670 tons remain in collection points, and officials say it is unlikely that Syria will meet the Feb. 5 deadline.
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Syria unlikely to meet deadline on its deadliest chemical agents
President Bashar Assad's government has delivered less than 5% of its deadliest chemical weapons agents. The deadline is next week.
By Paul Richter
January 29, 2014, 4:45 p.m.
WASHINGTON Syria has delivered less than 5% of its deadliest chemical weapons agents to international authorities a week before a deadline to surrender the entire cache, officials said Wednesday.
The government of President Bashar Assad, which is fighting a bitter civil war against insurgent militias, has transferred about 32 tons of the so-called Category 1 chemical agents to the Syrian port of Latakia, where it has been loaded onto ships for destruction at sea.
But about 670 tons remain in collection points, and officials say it is unlikely that Syria will meet the Feb. 5 deadline.
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Syria unlikely to meet deadline on its deadliest chemical agents - latimes.com