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Report Syria has large chemical stocks

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[UPI News] – TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 10 (UPI) — The Syrian regime is desperate enough to use anything to stay in power including using poisonous gases against civilians, an Israeli think-tank report says.The 12-page report issued by the International Institute for Counter Terrorism in Herzliya Sunday reveals Syria has one of the largest chemical weapons arsenals in the world, including traditional chemical agents such as mustard as well as sarin gas and VX nerve agents. ‘Syria has been accumulating stockpiles of chemical weapons since the 1980′s and is estimated to have some 1,000 tons of chemical weapons stored in some 50 different cities mostly located in the north of the country, the report said. Western specialists believe the chemical weapons production facilities for sarin and VX are located at five sites — al-Safira, Hama, Homs, Latakia and Palmyra. Storage facilities are located al-Furqlus, Dumayram Khan Abu Shamat and the Scientific and Research Center (Centre d’Etude et Recherche Scientifique – CERS), the report says. The CERS located in Damascus is the principal facility for chemical and biological research, development and testing and production and storage, the report says…..

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