Albanians celebrate Prime Minister Rama's rejection of a request by the U.S. to be part of an operation to destroy Syria's chemical weapons in TiranaBy using Anthony Deutsch and Benet Koleka THE HAGUE/TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania rejected on Friday a U.S. request to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, dealing a blow to a U.S.-Russian accord to do away with the nerve agents from the country's protracted civil conflict. Negotiations went all the way down to the wire as the Corporation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague hit the time limit on Friday for a step-by using-step plan to do away with 1,300 tonnes of Syria's sarin, mustard and other sellers. Albania's refusal marked an unparalleled damage from its historically staunch allegiance to NATO ally Washington and may just make it arduous to satisfy destruction deadlines. "It is not possible for Albania to get entangled on this operation," Top Minister Edi Rama, simply two months in the job, mentioned in a televised handle to the nation.