Head of Syria research centre killed in car bombing
MEE and agencies
Sunday 5 August 2018
The director of a Syrian research facility that Western countries say was part of a chemical weapons programme has been killed after his car was blown up, the pro-Syrian government newspaper al-Watan has said.
Aziz Asber was the head of the Syrian Scientific Research Centre in Masyaf, near the city of Hama.
According to the United States sarin gas was being developed at the centre, a claim denied by Syrian authorities who say the country does not possess any chemical weapons after a 2013 agreement to hand over its chemical arsenal.
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Took some knowhow to do this, inside connections. One of the rebel groups claims responsibility per the rest of the article.
