US and Russia in landmark deal on Syria weapons (5) The United States and Russia on Saturday agreed on an ambitious plan to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons by the middle of next year. In a landmark deal thrashed out in talks spanning three days, the two powers gave Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a week to hand over the details and location of his regime's stockpile, drastically cutting back on the 30 days usually accorded to new signatories of the international Chemical Weapons Convention. Further cutaways of the press conference at the InterContinental Hotel.For further images see VID552094_EN and for soundbites please see VID552098-EN, VID552071_EN and VID552088_EN