DHAKA: The removal of deadly toxins from Syria under an international effort to rid the nation of its chemical arsenal will likely miss a December 31 deadline.

The global chemical arms watchdog said, reports TDS.

Bad weather and shifting battlefronts in Syria’s civil war have delayed the delivery of essential supplies to sites where the toxins are being prepared to be sent to Latakia port, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said.

‘A delay will probably occur,’ Franz Krawinkler, the OPCW’s logistics head told Austrian ORF state television on Saturday.

‘Because of various external influences, including the weather... certain logistical supplies that are needed for this transport, could not be delivered in time.’

BDST: 2041 HRS, DEC 28, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor