Syria Chemical Weapons Destroyed

This article discusses how Syria, with the help of the OPCW, has officially destroyed all of its chemical weapons in the proper amount of time allotted from the negotiation between the U.S, Russia, and the OPCW. This announcement has come just in time for the Algerian United Nations advisor to meet and discuss peace talks with Assad. Assad refuses to engage in peace talks and feels it is the Syrian people alone who will decide what happens to Syria in the future. This has caused much uproar considering a main point of the National Coalitions peace talks deals with the resignation of Assad. Russia is a huge backer of the Assad regime and feels that it is in the best interest to not let the peace talk initiative “fizzle out” and to do everything they can in order to make the talks a success, while the French Prime Minister, as well as, other nations agree and feel the talks should focus on transitioning governments and end the killing that is going on in Syria.

After reading this article I am happy to see that the OPCW was able to work with Syria to destroy all chemical weapons. Before reading this article I felt that it was a task that would most likely never be complete, and I never thought Russia would be the ones taking the initiative to push for the destruction of the weapons. I feel that the UN should do everything it can to make the peace talks occur and to work towards an end of this Civil War and the many deaths that have been a result. The UN must not backdown now because Assad is in opposition of the talks, especially since they have already made strides now that they have gotten rid of the chemical weapons. In previously posted articles from September and earlier October the belief that the chemical weapons would be destroyed were slim to none and now that they have overcome that obstacle there is no reason they can’t find a way to negotiate with Assad and other National representatives to find peace.

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