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Syria has begun detailing its chemical weapons arsenal, releasing an "initial declaration" of its stockpile, a spokesman for the U.N.-backed Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Friday.

More details about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons program are expected within the next day or two, spokesman Michael Luhan said.

The international chemical weapons watchdog has been charged with overseeing the removal of al-Assad’s chemical weapons arsenal from Syria, part of a U.S.-Russian plan aimed at averting American military airstrikes.

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