Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi on Sunday welcomed a US-Russian deal to remove Syria\'s chemical weapons, saying it will help to find a political solution to the war. The deal \"is a step closer to a political solution,\" Arabi said in a statement. On Saturday, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced an agreement to eliminate Syria\'s chemical arms stockpile, after three days of talks in Geneva.