The transfer of Syrian chemical weapons from a Danish container ship to a US vessel was completed yesterday in an Italian port, the Pentagon said in a statement.
The disposal process marks the culmination of a program to rid Syria of its chemical weapons stockpile after the outcry that followed chemical attacks by the Bashar al-Assad regime in the suburbs of Damascus on August 23 last year, that may have killed as many as 1,400 people.
“The transfer of Syrian chemicals from the Danish container ship Ark Futura to the Motor Vessel Cape Ray is complete,” said Pentagon press secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby.
