Experts 'begin destroying Syrian chemical arsenal'
Source: AFP
A team of disarmament inspectors began the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons and production facilities on Sunday, a source in the international mission told AFP.
The source said members of the team from the UN and The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) "have left for a site where they are beginning verification and destruction."
"Today is the first day of destruction, in which heavy vehicles are going to run over and thus destroy missile warheads, aerial chemical bombs and mobile and static mixing and filling units," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added.
An OPCW official in The Hague said earlier this week that all "expedient methods" would be used to render Syria's production facilities unusable.
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Syria chemical arms removal begins
Disarmament experts from international watchdog have begun destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, a monitoring official has told the BBC.
The operation is being carried out by a team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The mission was established under a UN resolution passed after agreement between Russia and the US.
The resolution followed international outrage at a chemical weapons attack near Damascus in August.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24419468
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