Syria’s declared chemical arms said ‘100% destroyed’

All of Syria’s declared chemical weapons arsenal has been destroyed, a global arms watchdog says, more than two years after a historic US-Russia deal to eliminate the dangerous stockpile.

Children receive oxygen in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province, Syria, after an alleged chemical attack, April 16, 2014 (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)
Children receive oxygen in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province, Syria, after an alleged chemical attack, April 16, 2014 (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)

“One hundred percent has been destroyed,” Malik Ellahi, the spokesman for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, tells AFP.

— AFP

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