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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Molly Quell

Watchdog says dozens of Assad-era chemical weapons found in Syria in recent weeks

Chemical Weapons Syria - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All right reserved)

Dozens of previously undeclared chemical bombs and rockets left over from when then-President Bashar Assad ruled Syria have been found in the country in the past few weeks, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a report Wednesday.

The OPCW, the global chemical weapons watchdog based in The Hague, said in its May report that its inspectors were able to inspect “high-priority undeclared locations” since the start of month. “Dozens of undeclared chemical munitions such as aerial bombs and rockets … have been found at several of these undeclared locations,” the report said.

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