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Syria's Chemical Weapons Prompts Emergency Meeting of Global Monitor

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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ) reminds Syria of its obligations to safeguard and destroy hazardous substances, including chlorine gas, following rebel forces' entry into the capital, Damascus , over the weekend .

The OPCW 's executive council convened a meeting with the hope that a new government might grant inspectors access to its team of 80 inspectors.

The Assad government has denied deploying chemical weapons, but the watchdog has uncovered evidence pointing to their repeated use by Syrian forces.