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U.N. Starts Destroying Syrian Chemical Weapons

Weapons and Production Equipment to be Destroyed

Oct. 6, 2013 8:05 a.m. ET

International weapons inspectors began destroying Syria's chemical weapons on Sunday, overseeing Syrian government workers using torches and grinders to launch a disarmament program that put potential U.S. military intervention in Syria on hold.

Under a deal brokered last month by the U.S. and Russia, Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons in a process aimed at eradicating Damascus's 1,000-metric-ton stockpile by the middle of...

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