CHEMICAL WEAPONS USED IN SYRIA

June 7, 2021

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has told the United Nations Security Council that it investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and concluded in 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used.

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Syria was pressed to join the chemical weapons convention in 2013 by its close ally Russia after a deadly chemical weapons attack that the West blamed on Damascus.
In 2014, President Bashar al-Assad’s government declared that the destruction of its chemical weapons was completed.
But Syria’s initial declaration to the OPCW has remained in dispute.
In April 2021, the OPCW suspended Syria’s rights until all outstanding issues are resolved.

Source : The Hindu

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