Syria has completed the handover of an inventory of its chemical arsenal.
The announcement by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) comes before a deadline set for Damascus as part of a Russia-US deal.
The country's entire chemical weapons arsenal is meant to be dismantled by the middle of next year under the terms of the deal.
"We can confirm that we have received the expected disclosure from the Syrian government regarding its chemical weapons programme," the OPCW said.
"The Technical Secretariat is currently reviewing the information received," the statement added
