Two Syria chemical sites inaccessible: watchdog

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ON A MISSION. Inspectors from the Organization of Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrive in Syria to carry out a plan to dismantle the country's chemical weapons production sites. Photo from EPA

A global watchdog reported two chemical weapons sites in Syria are inaccessible because of the security situation in the war-torn country. In a statement, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said inspectors had visited 21 of 23 chemical sites, but the two remaining sites remain unvisited because of “security reasons.” The joint OPCW-United Nations mission is charged with destroying Syria’s chemical arsenal by mid-2014, following a US-Russian agreement that headed off military strikes on Syria. Syria has submitted a formal declaration of its chemical weapons program, together with a general plan of destruction.

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