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Syria Chemical Handover Nearly Complete

Syria Chemical Handover Nearly Complete
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Syria has nearly completed delivering its chemical weapons stockpile, a joint task force in charge of the operation said Thursday.

Syria Chemical Handover Nearly Complete"Today's operation brings the total of chemical material removed and destroyed to 92.5 percent," the combined Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-UN task team said in a statement.

Damascus had pledged to have all of its stockpile removed from the war-ravaged country by Sunday. The weapons are then due to be destroyed by June 30.
The consignment of chemicals were delivered to the main Syrian port of Lattakia, from where it will be removed by cargo ships for delivery to the US Navy vessel Cape Ray for destruction.

Syrian authorities also "destroyed buildings, equipment and empty mustard gas containers," the OPCW-UN statement said.
"A majority of [storage and productions] sites are now closed," the joint mission said.

The mission's chief Sigrid Kaag said, "I welcome the significant progress of the last three weeks and I strongly encourage the Syrian authorities to conclude removal operations as part of their efforts to achieve the June 30 deadline."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team