NEW YORK — In a major development for the post-Assad era, the new Syrian government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa has launched an international operation to hunt down and destroy the remnants of Bashar al-Assad’s clandestine chemical weapons program.
According to an exclusive report by Reuters, an international task force backed by the U.S. and European allies is preparing to inspect as many as 100 highly secretive sites across Syria.
The Key Takeaways:
The Unknown Threat: Syrian UN Ambassador Ibrahim Olabi admitted to Reuters that the full scale of the arsenal is still unknown, stating: "It was a secret program... The job is on Syria to basically look for these things."
Geopolitical Nightmare: The disarmament operation is facing severe logistical hurdles due to the expanding U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, raising fears that these WMDs could be compromised before the OPCW inspectors can destroy them.
A Clean Slate: The Sharaa government is using this initiative to signal a complete break from the Assad regime's notorious history of using sarin and chlorine gas against civilians.
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