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Chemical weapons watchdog delegation meets with Syria's new leaders

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Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had found evidence of repeated use of chemical weapons by Assad ’s government.

Syria joined the OPCW in 2013 to ward off the threat of airstrikes in response to a chemical attack on the outskirts of Damascus .

Assad denied using chemical weapons, and Assad was overthrown in a lightning rebel offensive in December .

The fate of Syria 's stockpile of toxic chemicals spurred an emergency meeting by the organization.

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