{
    "byline": "Sep 3, 2026",
    "charset": "UTF-8",
    "dir": null,
    "excerpt": "BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Syria has begun destroying the remnants of a clandestine Assad-era chemical weapons program that it recovered in May, the first such destruction in a decade, a Syrian envoy and a U.N. representative said on Thursday.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 2693,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "Syria begins destroying Assad-era chemical weapons"
}