(Wall Street Journal) Joe Lauria - The remaining 8% of Syria's chemical weapons stock is trapped on a government air base near Damascus behind rebel-held roads, preventing international inspectors from reaching it, Sigrid Kaag, who is running the joint UN/Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons operation, said Thursday. The chemicals are the precursors needed to make sarin gas, and airlifting them from the base has been ruled out as too dangerous.
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