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Syria Completes Chemical Weapons Handover

HeadlineJun 24, 2014

Syria has completed the handover of its chemical weapons stockpiles to Western powers under a deal reached last year to avert possible U.S. airstrikes. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says all 1,300 tons of Syria’s declared supply has been carried out of the country by ship and will be destroyed.

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