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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Syria crisis: Russia 'hands chemical arms plan to US'

www.bbc.co.uk
Syria crisis: Russia 'hands chemical arms plan to US'

Members of the UN investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be one of the chemical rockets according to activists

"Hunting down banned chemical weapons in a secretive Middle Eastern dictatorship is not easy," as Frank Gardner reports

Russia has now handed over to the US its plans for making Syria's chemical weapons safe, Russian media say.

Russia announced its plans for placing Syria's stockpile under international control on Monday and Syria said it welcomed the initiative.

The proposal led US President Barack Obama to put military action against Syria on hold in favour of diplomacy.

Tense negotiations will now follow at the United Nations on the nature of any Security Council resolution.

More than 100,000 people have died since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011.

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