Syria's chemical weapons program began in the 1970s with weapons and training from Egypt and the Soviet Union, with production of chemical weapons in Syria beginning in the mid-1980s. Syria's chemical
Foreign ministers Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry at the disarmament agreement final negotiating session on 14 September
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Chemical Weapons Convention
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The Chemical Weapons Convention, officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, is an arms control treat
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