Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was finally toppled after 13 years of civil war, having ruled Syria since 2000. The world’s attention turns to Assad’s unaccounted stockpile of chemical weapons.
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TheregimeofSyriandictatorBasharal-Assadfellafterover13yearsofcivilwarandnearly54yearsofhisfamily’sdynasticrule.
WhilemanySyriansacrossthecountryandmembersoftheSyriandiasporacheeredthedownfallofhisbrutaldictatorship,manyintheregionandintheU.S.fearwhatwillcomeofhissubstantialstockpileofchemicalweapons.TheOrganizationfortheProhibitionofChemicalWeapons(OPCW)saidinastatementthatitwasmonitoringcloselythedevelopmentsinSyria,with“specialattention”tothestatusofitschemicalweapons.
TRUMPURGESUSTOSTAYOUTOFSYRIANCIVILWAR,BLAMINGOBAMAFORFAILUREASISLAMISTSCLOSEINONCAPITAL
IzumiNakamitsu,theU.N.highrepresentativeforDisarmamentAffairs,saidinastatementonSundaythatSyria’sreporteddestructionoflargequantitiesofchemicalweaponsstillcannotbeverified.
“Ireiteratethatthisisextremelyworrying,”Nakamit
