is satisfied with their performance. And although this is merely a training exercise being acted out in a foggy field in central Germany, the lessons inspectors learn here could potentially save lives on their next deployment.

OPCW inspectors have been tasked with cataloguing and monitoring the destruction of all of Syria's chemical weapons. They have been in hostile environments before, but never as a war is still raging on the ground. The conflict in Syria has claimed at least 100,000 lives since 2011, and dozens more are being killed every day.

OPCW inspectors prepare for war zone – OPCW inspectors are preparing for their misson in Syria by training in war-like scenarios at a hostile environments training facility in central Germany.

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OPCW inspectorsprepare for war zone – The week-long training, conducted by the German army, covers everything from risk awareness and first aid administration to dealing with the threat of being kidnapped.

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OPCW inspectors prepare for war zone – After a simulated bomb attack during a training exercise, inspectors must find survivors and administer first aid to actors portraying victims of the blast.

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OPCW inspectors prepare for war zone – Trainers said they were satisfied with the OPCW inspectors' performance during the simulated event -- knowledge that may be indispensable in war-torn Syria.

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OPCW inspectors prepare for war zone – Reinhard Barz, head of hostile environments training for the