Syria takes helm of disarmament forum

Chemical weapons killed hundreds of people in its seven-year civil war, yet Syria has a new role of presiding over the U.N. Conference on Disarmament.

By Arete News - May 29, 2018

The Palais des Nations in Geneva (AN/J. Heilprin)

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