Syria's Chemical Weapons : Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control.

Biological warfare.

Risk assessment.

Securities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (25 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-R4-2848a in the 2013 issue.

Considers policy issues for Congress regarding possible scenarios involving the use, change of hands, or loss of control of Syrian chemical weapons (CW) during its ongoing civil war. Provides brief history of CW program in Syria and its current status. Discusses Syrian biological weapons activities, U.S. cooperative threat reduction programs, and recent legislation addressing Syrian CW and biological weapons stocks.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Syria's Chemical Weapons

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