Syria begins destroying Assad-era chemical weapons
The OPCW said the mission verified the irreversible destruction of 42 aerial bombs, the first such chemical munitions destroyed in Syria since 2014.
- On Thursday, Syria began destroying remnants of an Assad-era chemical weapons program, with the OPCW verifying the irreversible destruction of 42 aerial bombs—the first such verification since 2014.
- United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu confirmed that following the May discovery, Syria declared one additional chemical weapons production facility, newly discovered nerve-agent materials, and two storage facilities.
- Syrian authorities earlier this year took 18 suspects into custody for alleged involvement in the Assad-era chemical weapons program, including high-level military, political, and technical officials. Olabi said the country is preparing its first court hearing for those suspected.
- Syria's Ambassador Ibrahim Olabi told the Security Council that Syria is "protecting the world and the region through such work," while alleging the region's security is exposed to attacks by Israel.
- Last month, the OPCW deployed a team to Syria to verify destruction of category-three chemical weapons—unfilled munitions and related equipment. This marks the first international verification of Syrian chemical destruction since 2014.
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In the Syrian civil war thousands of people were killed or injured by poison gas attacks. After the fall of the former leader Assad, the new government discovers military remains. The first remaining chemical weapons are now being destroyed.
Syria has started dismantling the chemical weapons program of the regime of President Bashar…, who was overthrown in 2024 and fled to Russia.
Syria has begun to destroy a batch of chemicals found in its territory for the first time since the fall of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime.
According to the UN High Representative for Disarmament, 42 air bombs were destroyed last month by a team of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ibrahim Olabi, announced that secret chemical weapons stockpiles left behind by the Assad regime have begun to be destroyed under the verification procedures of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
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