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After a long delay, Syria has begun its destruction of dozens of storage facilities used to house chemical weapons. Syria joined the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) after an attack in Damascus killed more than 1000 people in 2013. Syria has handed over thousands of pounds of chemical agents since joining the OPCW but has yet to disclose any documentation about its chemical weapons program.

Syria officially joined the United Nations convention banning chemical weapons, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The treaty requires all countries that join it to eliminate their chemical weapons, including stocks and related facilities. Syria is the 190th country to join the OPCW.

Syria has disclosed four chemical weapon facilities including, three for research and development and one for production. There are concerns that Syria continues to hide information regarding the existence of more chemical weaponry facilities. The UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have a joint mission to eliminate the chemical weaponry in Syria.

International anti-WMD groups worried about discrepancies in war-torn nations chemical weapons stores. Syria has agreed under OPCW to destroy their chemical weapons stock pile but there is concern that stock piles are being hidden and therefore will not be destroyed.

UNODA- United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. This site discusses the use of the Geneva Protocol in regards to chemical weaponry. The protocol prohibits use of chemical weaponry in warfare but does not prohibit stock piling. Geneva adopted the chemical weapons convention which established the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW)

Syria, in agreement with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is destroying all of it's chemical weaponry facilities and all products. There are a total of 12 facilities that are expected to be destroyed by this summer, 2015. There are also underground facilities and aircraft carrier that are expected to be destroyed as well. A current total of 1300 metric tons has been destroyed from Syria thus far.

This article is a view of the chemical warfare in Syria from someone who survived the attacks in Damascus. The survivor writes of how joining the OPCW will do nothing in saving and protecting the Syrian people and how by taking away chemical warfare it will jut lead to Assad regimes finding new ways, such as starvation, to kill the innocent people of Syria.

The use of chemical weaponry has been reaffirmed in Syria, even though an effort was launched in 2013 following the Damascus attack to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons. There have been numerous eye-witness reports of helicopter sounds, bomb spotting, and the smelling of chlorine gas. The hope is to destroy all chemical weapon production facilities by June of 2015.

This link is to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons website. The link specifically takes you to information regarding the Chemical WEapons Convention where you can see the states that have signed it, the goal of the convention, and the specific agreements that a state must agree too.

according to the UN, 96 percent of Syria's chemical weapons have been destroyed and the preparation for destruction of the 12 remaining facilities is underway. The UN hopes that peace and political process will be Syria's main priority soon.

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