The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) convened an emergency meeting on Thursday to address concerns over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile following the ousting of President Bashar Assad. The OPCW underscored Syria's obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention to fully account for and dismantle its stockpiles, including toxic substances like chlorine gas. “Chemical weapons have been used in Syria on multiple occasions, and victims deserve justice,” OPCW Secretary General Fernando Arias González said, reaffirming the organization's commitment to holding perpetrators accountable. The OPCW has previously documented multiple instances of the Syrian Armed Forces deploying chlorine gas during the country’s civil war, findings consistently denied by the Assad regime. (Read More)
