SYRIA
 
Syria: US-Russia Deal
 
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have agreed on a “Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons.”
 
Syria, for its part, has agreed to join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons effective 24 October, and submit a report within a week (by 21 September) on the chemical stocks in its possession. Under the framework, the initial inspection of the chemical weapons...