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Peter White has traveled the world helping countries dismantle their chemical weapons facilities. Until he visited Syria, however, he had never worked in a war zone. There were a few sleepless nights in the first week, says the inspector with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). White, who is British and carries the official job title of senior chemical demilitarization officer, went to Syria for five weeks last September. He was part of the OPCW team allowed into the country after an international deal was reached to destroy Bashar al-Assad's arsenal of chemical weapons, which the regime used on its own people during Syria's bloody, intractable civil war. White, who has been with the OPCW since 2007, offered a glimpse of what he takes with him on trips. Adapted from the source document.