Inspectors were given until Friday to visit two chemical weapons sites . Team has yet to reach 23 sites because of security concerns , Team says . Team 's task to oversee destruction of Syria 's chemical weapons comes amid civil war . On August 21 a chemical attack outside Damascus led the United States and its allies to call for military intervention in Syria 's civil war -- a situation that was defused in mid-September , when Damascus agreed to a U.S.-Russian plan to give up its chemical weapons stockpile . U.N. giving Syria until Friday to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal .
Inspectors were given until Friday to visit two chemical weapons sites . Team has yet to reach 23 sites because of security concerns , Team says . Team 's task to oversee destruction of Syria 's chemical weapons comes amid civil war . U.N. giving Syria until Friday to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal .