Syria Chemical Deadline 'Unlikely' To Be Met: UN
The U.N. says Syria is "unlikely" to meet a December 31 deadline to transport its most dangerous chemical arms out of the country.
Via AFP:
Syria is "unlikely" to meet a December 31 deadline to move its most dangerous chemical arms out of the country, the United Nations acknowledged for the first time Saturday.
The UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said "important progress" has been made on eliminating Syria's banned weapons, but called on President Bashar al-Assad's government to "intensify efforts" to meet internationally-set deadlines.
The year-end deadline was the first key milestone under a UN Security Council-backed deal arranged by Russia and the United States that aims to wipe o...