According to state activists on
November 7th Syrian troops took over an important rebel-held town, Sbeineh, south
of Damascus thus cutting off all of their supply routes . This was a crucial act as Sbeineh, was one of
the most important rebel positions near Damascus. Along with this news, it has been verified,
through footage from sealed cameras that 21 out of the 23 chemical weapon sites
have been verified, however, the remaining two were too dangerous to come into
contact with.
Syria has
agreed to destroy its chemical weapons by mid-2014. However, was discovered that about 1290 tons
of chemical weapons and nerve agents as well as 1230 unfilled chemical
munitions were are still left to be destroyed.
Syria claims that the OPCW headquarters has made advances this week to
destroy the weapons. They plan to have
all plans to eliminate chemical weapons finalized by November 15th.
"Syria Army Retakes Key Rebel Enclave near Damascus." BBC News. BBC, 11 July 2013. Web. 08 Nov. 2013.
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