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How Four Women Destroyed 1,200 Tons of Poison Gas — and Defused a Crisis

You may remember the Syrian government’s chemical attacks on civilians. You may also remember the international deal struck to destroy President Bashar al-Assad’s weapons’ stockpile. What you almost certainly don’t know is how the deadly chemicals were actually destroyed, or who figured out how to do it. This is the behind-the-scenes story. The unlikely solution […]

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