Syria to join Paris climate accord

Syria said on Tuesday that it intends to join the 2015 Paris accord on slowing climate change.

Syria and Nicaragua, which agreed to join the deal last month, were the only two countries that had not signed up to the deal.

The United States is now the only country that opposes to the pact. It has said it will withdraw from the accord, although former president Barack Obama joined President Xi Jinping last September in ratifying the deal.