Syria announced Thursday the start of the destruction of chemical materials found in the country under the supervision of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Anadolu reports. Addressing the UN Security Council, Syria’s Permanent Representative Ibrahim Olabi described the operation as a historic milestone and the first such destruction effort since the fall of the former regime. “I would like to announce before you today a historic moment, namely the commencement of the process of destroying some of the chemical materials found in Syria under the inspection work of the OPCW colleagues,” Olabi said. “It’s also the first of its kind to destroy chemical materials on Syrian territories for over a decade,” he added, saying […]
