Inspectors find no proof Iraq hid weapons in Syria

The United States-led group that scoured Iraq for weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) has found no evidence Iraq hid such weapons in Syria before the US invasion in March 2003, a final report on the investigation says.

The 1700-member Iraq Survey Team also said it found no Iraqi officials with direct knowledge of a transfer of WMDs developed by former President Saddam Hussein.

The report is the final addendum to the investigators' September report that concluded prewar Iraq had no stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons and that its nuclear programme had decayed before the invasion.