The chemist
According to Book “The chemist”.One of Syria’s top chemical weapons scientists worked for the CIA for 14 years, passing on details of the country’s secret program to develop deadly weapons such as sarin gas, according to “The chemist”.
Dubbed “the chemist” by the CIA, he worked undercover from 1988 until 2001 — until an unfortunate twist of fate saw him executed by the regime. The story was revealed by Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick in his book “Red Line.”
The book’s name is a reference to former US President Barack Obama’s 2012 promise of military retaliation against the Assad regime if it used chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict. Obama claimed at the time that the use of such weapons was a “red line.”
Despite this, Syrian regime forces went on to kill hundreds of civilians in the infamous chemical attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta in August 2013.
According to the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute, the regime went on to use chemical weapons at least 300 more times over the course of the war.
