US and Russia Come to Agreement on Syria

Kerry, left, Lavrov, right

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that their governments had come to an agreement over Syria.

Under the agreement, Syria has until mid 2014 to turn over or destroy all of their chemical weapons.

As long as they comply the US will stop planning to launch strikes against Syria.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has pledged his support of the agreement, however the Syrian government has yet to agree to the US and Russian plan.

Syria is at least expected to try and negotiate the time table.

Analysts say that the earliest they could be reasonably able to have all of the weapons destroyed would be 2018, however with the civil war on going it would easily take longer.