The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a global non-proliferation agency, will meet Syrian officials in Damascus on Saturday, three sources familiar with the visit told Reuters.

The meeting raised hope that Syria will be conclusively rid of chemical weapons after years of delays. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met in Damascus on Saturday with a delegation from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), led by its director-general, Fernando Gonzalez.

The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday meetings he had with Syria's new leaders in Damascus were a first step towards ending years of strained relations on chemical arms under Bashar al-Assad.

A team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in Damascus on Saturday, the first such visit since the overthrow of former ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani met the OPCW delegation led by the watchdog's chief Fernando Arias,

A delegation from the global chemical weapons watchdog arrived in Damascus Saturday to meet with Syria’s new leaders for the first time since the fall of former President Bashar Assad. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had found evidence of repeated use of chemical weapons by Assad’s government during Syria’s nearly 14-year civil war.

DAMASCUS : The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a global non-proliferation agency, will meet Syrian officials in Damascus on Saturday, three sources familiar with the visit told Reuters.

The head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog will meet Syria's new leader Saturday, in a first visit since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, who was repeatedly accused of using such weapons during Syria's 13-year civil war.