The fall of Assad is an excellent opportunity to rid Syria of chemical weapons, said Nicole Shampaine, US ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The chemical weapons watchdog wants Syria’s new leaders to grant access to trace the substances that killed and injured thousands during the civil war. But what chemical weapons is the OPCW looking for in Syria? Syria joined the OPCW in 2013 and 1,300 metric tons of chemical weapons and precursors were destroyed by the international community. But after more than a decade of inspections, Syria still has banned munitions. The UN and OPCW have recorded 34 known uses of chemical weapons in Syria’s civil war between 2013 and 2018, according to Britain’s Sky News. A recent assessment said 19 issues remained, including “potentially undeclared full-scale development and production of chemical weapons in two […]
Source: News Beast
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