AMSTERDAM: Member states handed back Syria’s voting rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday, following what they described as “a significant change in circumstances” since the fall of the Assad regime. Syria was stripped of its rights at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in 2021, after its forces were found to have repeatedly used poison gas during the civil war.

L’Organisation pour l’interdiction des armes chimiques a annoncé jeudi restaurer le droit de vote de la Syrie, conséquences de « mesures concrètes » prises par le pays depuis la…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday reinstated Syria's voting rights at the body, rewarding Damascus for “constructive engagement” with…

LA HAYA, Holanda (AP) — El organismo mundial de vigilancia de armas químicas restituyó el jueves los derechos de voto de Siria en la entidad, recompensando a Damasco por su…

AMSTERDAM: Member states handed back Syria’s voting rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday, following what they described as “a significant change in…

The world's chemical weapons watchdog reinstated Syria on Thursday, noting a "significant change in circumstances" since the fall of Bashar al-Assad and "concrete steps" to…

The decision was co-sponsored by 67 CWC signatories and adopted by consensus

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) cited a "change in circumstances" as the reason behind its decision. Syria had joined the watchdog in 2013, only to…

Syria regains voting rights in the OPCW as new leadership makes progress in addressing chemical weapons issues.

Move reverses 2021 decision in light of Assad regime's demise

In 2013, Syria agreed to join the OPCW and disclose and hand over its toxic stockpile under Russian and US pressure and to avert the threat of air strikes by Washington and its…

Nel 2013 la Siria ha accettato di aderire all'Opac, dichiarare e consegnare il suo arsenale chimico, sotto la pressione di Russia e Usa, per evitare raid aerei di Washington e dei…