Western diplomats see Assad stalling on removal of chemical weapons

By World Tribune on February 5, 2014   Africa / Europe, BB Middle East, Exclusives, France, Mideast, Stateside, Syria, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence  

Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Western nations have concluded that the regime of President Bashar Assad was preventing the transfer of Syria’s weapons of mass destruction. Western diplomats said the Assad regime, despite pledges to the United Nations, has surrendered less than five percent of Syria’s 1,300 ton-chemical weapons stockpile. The diplomats said Damascus was […]