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December 5, 2012

Does Assad Still Control Syria's Chemical Weapons?

Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph

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Even if President Bashar al-Assad remains rational, no one can be sure that he still controls Syria’s chemical arsenal, one of the largest in the world.

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