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Mr Khan said:
It's an interesting compromise on Russia's part, namely because it would set a bad precedent (for Russia's long-term geopolitical view) allowing us to essentially shake down countries for their WMDs

It seems you just make up arguments here. CWs might be WMDs but they do not play any significant deterrent role nuclear weapons do (and those only with adequate means of transportation), they are non-essential for Syria outside of threatening Israel civilians, maybe, which is counterproductive rather than useful -- see my posts about minimal CW efficiency against regular army.