Regarding the chain of command, the French intelligence assessment said the section of the Syrian military responsible for filling munitions with chemical agents and for security at storage sites - "Branch 450" of the CERS - was staffed only by members of the president's minority Alawite sect and was "distinguished by a high level of loyalty to the regime".

BBC: Syria's chemical weapons stockpile

In many cases where permission has been granted to build a new store, a sum of money will be paid to the local authority by the supermarket chain to spend on community facilities through a planning arrangement known as a section 106 agreement.

BBC: Growth of the 'big four' supermarkets

He took his eye off Wright's drive to check for the section of the wall in front of the Mets bullpen that is a chain link fence, and it went for a first-inning triple.

WSJ: Murphy comes through in 8th, Mets edge Yankees