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Source: https://besacenter.org/disarming-syria-under-the-al-julani-regime-the-biological-weapons-dimension/
Disarming Syria under the Al-Julani Regime - The Biological Weapons Dimension
(BESA Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Lt.-Col. (res.) Dr. Dany Shoham - In 2012, former head of IDF Intelligence Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin identified Syria as "a state possessing chemical and biological weapons (CBW) stockpiles on an enormous scale." While a mission in 2013 was established to oversee the elimination of vast under-declared portions of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, many biological facilities were not probed at all. The change in the Syrian regime could provide an opportunity to expose the full scope of the ousted Assad regime's biological weapons program. Syria's biological weapons sites must be identified and exposed and then completely wiped out. The writer is a former senior analyst in IDF Military Intelligence and the Ministry of Defense, specializing in chemical and biological warfare.