International chemical weapons experts left their hotel in Damascus on Saturday (October 5) to an unknown destination in order to continue their task of eliminating Syria's chemical arsenal.<br/> <br />The mission to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons is expected to continue until at least mid-2014. It was hammered out by Washington and Moscow after an August 21 chemical weapons attack in Damascus prompted U.S. threats of air strikes against the Syrian government.<br/> <br />Inspectors who were in the country at the time confirmed that sarin gas was used in the attack, which killed hundreds of people.<br/> <br />Under a joint Russian-U.S. proposal, Syria has now committed to destroying its chemical weapons arsenal within nine months. It is believed to comprise around 1,000 metric tonnes of sarin, mustard and XV nerve agents.<br/> <br />The team of weapons inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is in Syria to make an inventory of its chemical stockpiles and munition
