Syria has begun to destroy chemical substances remaining from the Assad regime.

Syria has informed the United Nations Security Council that the country has begun the destruction of chemical substances remaining from the era of former President Bashar al-Assad. Ibrahim Alabi, Damascus's representative to the UN, stated that this is the first time such a process has been carried out on Syrian territory in over a decade.

He noted that the operation is aimed at preventing prohibited materials from falling into the wrong hands, as well as reducing the threat to Syria and the region.

The new Syrian government has expressed its readiness to cooperate with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

In 2021, the OPCW suspended Syria's voting rights after concluding that the Syrian Air Force had used sarin and chlorine against civilians. In July of this year, the organization restored the country's full voting rights, highly praising the changed situation following the overthrow of the Assad regime and the new government's efforts to destroy its chemical arsenal.

S. Rakhimov, UzA