OPCW: Syria Destroyed All Declared Chemical Weapons

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Thursday that Syria has destroyed all its declared chemical weapons installations.The international chemical weapons watchdog made the statement in a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.According to the document, Syria has completed the destruction of equipment for producing chemical arms, meeting a deadline set for its disarmament program.“The OPCW is satisfied it has verified, and seen destroyed, all declared critical production/mixing/filling equipment from all 23 sites,” the document said.A team of experts from the Hague-based OPCW and the UN is in Syria to implement a UN resolution on scrapping the Syrian chemical arsenal. The United Nations Security Council approved the resolution on September 27.The team had until November 1 to inspect the chemical weapons arsenal declared by the Syrian government and keep a tab on the destruction of the related facilities.The OPCW also said in a statement issued on Sunday that Syria had submitted a detailed plan to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal.It provided “the basis on which plans are devised for a systematic, total and verified destruction of declared chemical weapons and production facilities,” the organization said./149