videoSyria destroys chemical weapons for first time since 2014, urges UN to rein in Israeli strikes
- State ‘at heart of a conflict-ridden Middle East’ chooses, on its own, to return to international fold ‘through the gateway of responsibility,’ says Syrian envoy to UN, Ibrahim Olabi
- However, repeated Israeli attacks impede destruction of the weapons, endanger those carrying out the process and at times bring efforts to ‘a complete halt,’ he adds
