Syria pledges to erase Assad's chemical weapons legacy

4 weeks ago

Syria's foreign minister has vowed to swiftly rid the country of chemical weapons remaining after the downfall of the Assad regime and appealed to the international community for help. Asaad Hassan al Shaibani spoke on Wednesday during closed-door meetings at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, where he became the first Syrian foreign minister to address the