A UN Security Council resolution will be made to support the agreement and much of the responsibility will be referred to the OPCW. Inspectors should be on the ground by November 1 and the CW stockpiles should be destroyed by mid-2014. Any further undermining of this agreement or any use of neurotoxin agents in the civil war will be dealt with by the Security Council under Chapter 7 - military force.

BREAKING NEWS: US, Russia agree Syria chem weapons deal

(RT) - Assad's government must submit a comprehensive list of its chemical weapons stocks within a week ahead of their transfer and destruction, US Secretary John Kerry said at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The deal worked out between Moscow and Washington on settling the Syria crisis stipulates that Syria's chemical weapons will be rapidly destroyed.

Updates and analysis in my new diary - Chemical Weapons and Moral Hypocrisy.

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