Syria Pledges Full Destruction of Remaining Chemical Weapons

The new Syrian leadership has committed to working with the OPCW to eliminate the chemical weapons stockpiles left from the Assad regime, marking a significant shift in policy.

• Syria's new foreign minister, Assad al-Schaibani, announced the country's commitment to destroy all remaining chemical weapons from the Assad era.
• The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has called this a 'historic opportunity' to address unresolved concerns about Syria's chemical weapons program.
• OPCW experts are set to travel to Syria in the coming days to begin the process of verifying and overseeing the destruction of the stockpiles.
• Under international pressure, Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013 but faced allegations of incomplete disclosures and obstruction of inspections for over a decade.
• The Assad regime was previously accused of using chemical weapons in at least 20 instances, including attacks involving sarin, chlorine, and mustard gas.

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