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Syria's sarin precursor chemicals destroyed

All Syria's precursor chemicals that could be used to make deadly sarin gas have been destroyed on board a US Navy ship on the Mediterranean Sea, the world's chemical watchdog said on Wednesday. "All 581 metric tonnes of a precursor chemical for sarin gas that were removed from...

Watchdog: Syria chemicals near three-quarters destroyed

Almost three quarters of Syria’s entire chemical stockpile has been destroyed, the world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday, after another 190 tonnes of agents were incinerated in Britain. “The OPCW confirmed today (Thursday) that 74.2 percent of Syria’s entire...

US neutralizes 60 percent of toxic Syria chemicals

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States informed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that it has neutralized about 60 percent of Syria's most toxic chemicals. British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, the current president of the Security Council, said the U.S. made the report...