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Assad says chemical handover not result of US threat

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Assad says chemical handover not result of US threat
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Syria's decision to cede control of its chemical weapons was the result of a Russian proposal, not the threat of US military intervention, Interfax news agency quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying in a Russian television interview. "Syria is placing its chemical weapons under international control because of Russia.

The US threats did not influence the decision," Interfax quoted Assad as telling Russia's state-run Rossiya-24 channel in the interview.

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