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While international inspectors in charge of overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons are about to start their work in Damascus, the Free Syria Army (FSA) has alleged that Assad regime will not surrender the chemical weapons stockpile, and will hide Syrias deadly weapons from the UN inspectors. According to media reports, Brig. Gen. Zaher al-Sakat, who defected to FSA, believes that while Assad may be honest about the current locations of chemical stockpiles in the country, he does not believe those stockpiles will remain at those locations. In fact, in a report by CNN, Sakat claimed that the regime is transporting the material to four other locations in the country that have been kept secret. He even suggests that some of the material may be transported to Lebanon and Iraq.
The UN inspectors are reported to have arrived in Damascus from Lebanon on Wednesday. They are faced with the tough job of scrapping chemical weapons before the deadline of mid-2014 according to the UN mandate.
In order to avert the US attack, Assad regime had offered to become a member of Chemical Weapons Treaty, effectively giving the weapons in the control of the UN for their destruction. Experts at The Hague, where the OPCW is based, said Sunday the inspectors' priority is to reach the first milestone of helping Syria scrap its ability to manufacture chemical weapons by a Nov. 1 deadline, using every means possible. FSAs allegations notwithstanding, the inspectors are supposed to double-check Syria's initial disclosure of what weapons and chemical precursors it has and where they are located.
Assad has relocated chemical weapons ahead of UN inspection, claims FSA
The UN inspectors are reported to have arrived in Damascus from Lebanon on Wednesday. They are faced with the tough job of scrapping chemical weapons before the deadline of mid-2014 according to the UN mandate.
In order to avert the US attack, Assad regime had offered to become a member of Chemical Weapons Treaty, effectively giving the weapons in the control of the UN for their destruction. Experts at The Hague, where the OPCW is based, said Sunday the inspectors' priority is to reach the first milestone of helping Syria scrap its ability to manufacture chemical weapons by a Nov. 1 deadline, using every means possible. FSAs allegations notwithstanding, the inspectors are supposed to double-check Syria's initial disclosure of what weapons and chemical precursors it has and where they are located.
Assad has relocated chemical weapons ahead of UN inspection, claims FSA