Latest @OPCW report on elimination of Syria's CW is out. Good news: The DAT closed 3 outstanding issues with Syria's initial declaration.
Bad news: 19 issues remain unresolved.
Worse news: Syria still denies producing any CW at one of its declared CW production facilities
Bad news: 19 issues remain unresolved.
Worse news: Syria still denies producing any CW at one of its declared CW production facilities
Syria's continued denial in face of samples indicating production and/or weaponization of a nerve agent at said facility indicates that Syria is still committed to continued obstruction on history, scope, and scale of its CW program.
It is possible that this facility is Hafir 1, as described by @columlynch in this article:
foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/16/che…
foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/16/che…
You can see Hafir 1 here, but not much to see since it is underground facility. You can see the entrance to the facility here:
google.com/maps/place/33%…
google.com/maps/place/33%…
The site appears to be located within or adjacent to the Al Qutayfah Tactical SSM Storage and Training Facility that Matthew Aid geolocated several years ago: yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/the…
This makes sense since according to @columlynch the facility was set up to mix precursors for binary sarin together and fill them into missile warheads
foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/16/che…
foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/16/che…
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