DHAKA: Disarmament experts from international watchdog OPCW have begun destroying Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal.

A monitoring official has told the BBC.

The operation is being carried out by a team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

The mission was established under a UN resolution passed after agreement between Russia and the US.

The resolution followed international outrage at a chemical weapons attack near Damascus in August.

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