International organizations dealing with the prevention of chemical weapons distribution raises a suspicion that about 100 developments for development and storage of chemical weapons from the Assad regime remained in Syria, this morning (Sunday) reported in New York Times.
It has been reported that this is the first estimate of the amount of chemical weapons in the country since the fall of the Assad regime. This assessment is far higher than Assad’s reports of his reign. The group of organizations seeks to enter Syria to examine the sites in question.
It is estimated that the sites have probably been used for research, production and storage of chemical weapons. It was noted that Assad used Serin -type chemicals (phosphorus -based liquid compound), chlorine gas and mustard gas against the rebel forces in Syria during the Civil War over the past decade. According to New York Times, the Sarin material hits the nervous system and can kill in minutes. Chlorine and mustard gas are notorious weapons operated during World War I. They burn their eyes and skin and fill the lungs in the liquid, in a way that seem to produce a drowning state on land.
According to the researchers, some sites are likely to be hidden within caves or elsewhere that is difficult to identify through satellite images. It is noted that this increasing the likelihood that some of the weapons are not secure.
According to the report, since the Assad regime fall is unknown what the situation of the sites or whether they are secure. To a large extent, the situation of the sites is a major test for the al-Jolanani regime. The experts from international organizations are concerned about the possibility that these weapons will fall into militones. New York Times notes that last month, Syria’s new foreign minister claimed that his government would destroy all the remains of the remaining chemical weapons and obey the international law.
Nidal Chicani Who heads the Center for Syria’s chemical violations, told the New York Times that his group has identified dozens of new places that can be chemical weapons or former research sites, based on interviews with former Syrian government scientists who are currently living in Europe.
It has been noted that locating and taking over these sites is of documentary, legal and historical importance, beyond the security need. The organizations want to collect evidence that proves Assad’s widespread use of chemical weapons. It was noted that international observers, independent researchers and Syrian humanitarian groups documented dozens of such attacks that hurt thousands of people, including children.
Regarding Israel’s various attacks on chemical weapons sites immediately after the fall of the Assad regime, it was stated that Chicani claims that these attacks completely destroyed the sites. In the meantime, there is a concern that these attacks have distributed infection and created environmental damage and even destroyed evidence of using the Assad regime in the weapons.