Posted on 05/28/2026 7:59:17 PM PDT by Red Badger
Syria’s transitional government said on Tuesday it has recovered “remnants” of the secret chemical weapons program created by deposed dictator Bashar Assad and have arrested 18 suspects who were allegedly involved in the program.
Assad was overthrown in December 2024 and sought refuge in Russia, one of the nations that propped up his rule during the long and brutal Syrian civil war. He was replaced by a “transitional government” run by an alliance of insurgents and jihadis and presided over by a former member of al-Qaeda named Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The new Syrian government turned against Assad’s old patrons of Russia and Iran and promised to work with Western nations in a variety of ways, including joining the Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State in November 2025.
The transitional government is also working with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), based out of the Hague. The OPCW said on Tuesday that its inspectors were able to visit several previously undeclared chemical weapons sites in Syria, where they found “dozens of undeclared chemical munitions such as aerial bombs and rockets, as well as separately found chemicals and related equipment.”
Syrian officials working with OPCW inspectors have found over 70 rockets and bombs that were evidently designed to carry chemical payloads, similar to those used by Assad’s forces in attacks on rebel areas in 2013 and 2017.
Inspectors also found ingredients for making the nerve gas sarin, including a powder called hexamine that has several industrial applications but has been used by Assad’s technicians to weaponize sarin gas.
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Were the Syrians making these “discoveries” wearing White Helmets?
I’m sure going to believe the headchopper Jolani who we’ve dropped the bounty on, and who President Trump has welcomed to the White House.
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