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September 13, 2013

Assad: U.S. Must End Threats Before Syria Surrenders Chemical Weapons 
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The United Nations confirmed Thursday it had received documents from
Syria to join the international convention against chemical weapons. In
a Russian television interview, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he
would only surrender his chemical arms if the United States ends the
threat of strikes.

President Bashar al-Assad: "When we see that the U.S. really wants
stability in our region and will stop threatening and aiming to attack,
and stops supplying weapons to terrorists, then we will consider the
process can be brought to the final stage. And it will become real and
acceptable to Syria."

 

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