AlQa'dah 28, 1434, Oct 4, 2013, SPA -- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations said in a joint statement Thursday that their joint team of experts has made "encouraging initial progress" during their first day of mission in Syria, according to Xinhua. "The joint OPCW-UN team mandated to assist Syria with the elimination of its chemical weapons program has made encouraging initial progress, following the first working day of meetings with the Syrian authorities," according to a joint OPCW-UN statement obtained by Xinhua. The team arrived in Syria on Tuesday to embark on a complex mission of finding and dismantling an estimated 1,000-ton chemical arsenal in Syria.
