UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons facilities is expected to begin this month, and the first of the 12 facilities should be destroyed by the end of November, the organization tasked with eliminating the country’s chemical weapons program says.

The report by the director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been sent to the U.N. Security Council.

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