{"id":1417,"date":"2023-08-01T13:07:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avcw.org\/our-story\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T20:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T20:48:56","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avcw.org\/en\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1417\" class=\"elementor elementor-1417 elementor-22\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aead9a elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3aead9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4511144 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4511144\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea17df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ea17df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/avcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Banner-about-us.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1345\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/avcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Banner-about-us.webp 1500w, \/\/avcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Banner-about-us-300x90.webp 300w, \/\/avcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Banner-about-us-1024x307.webp 1024w, \/\/avcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Banner-about-us-768x230.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71d704e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71d704e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf76d3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf76d3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Association of Victims of Chemical Weapons <br>\nAssociation of Victims of Chemical Weapons (AVCW)\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c22da11 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c22da11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6a57b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d6a57b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7010db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7010db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who we are?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6969450 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6969450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be3987 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8be3987\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"direction: rtl; 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