Bashar al-Assad has agreed to a Russian proposal to hand over his stockpile of chemical weapons.The move comes on the same day that President Barack Obama will give an address on the potential for U.S. involvement in Syria. Syria Deeply asked Aram Nerguizian, a senior fellow with the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, to weigh in on the potential success of a weapons-gathering mission.
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US President Barack Obama has postponed Congress’ vote on military action in Syria to pursue diplomacy to remove Bashar al-Assad’s arsenal of chemical weapons, but issues over how to enforce this plan remain.
Talk of the possible military intervention in Syria by the US and France overshadows the upcoming discussions between world leaders at the annual G20 summit in St. Petersburg.
US President Barack Obama has won the backing of key political figures from across the aisle in the US for his plans for a military strike on Syria.
Through history there have been attempts to establish rules of engagement. And an agreement that chemical weapons shouldn’t be used is a long-standing one. Nevertheless, many countries had these weapons until very recently. And others no doubt have them hidden.