DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities announced on Wednesday (Jul 15) the arrest of a former officer they say was a chemical weapons specialist in charge of sarin gas depots and chemical weapons manufacturing during ousted president Bashar al-Assad's era.Since Assad's fall in December 2024, authorities have arrested d

Syrian authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of a former officer they say was a chemical weapons specialist in charge of sarin gas depots and

Former Col. Ahmad Habib Ali allegedly managed sarin stockpiles and supervised the production of around 20 chemical bombs used against Syrian towns in 2013 and 2017