Fox News has obtained photos of a man considered to be a close aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and who also oversaw the country's chemical weapons activities. Western intelligence sources said Hassan was the head of Unit 450, Syria's chemical weapons unit, and was responsible for any activities, including producing and ordering the weapons for the department. A year later, then-Secretary of State John Kerry said that Syria's chemical weapons were "100 percent" destroyed. The statement came into question on Tuesday when a chemical weapons attack in an opposition-held town in northern Syria killed more than 80 people, including at least 30 children. The Pentagon said the airstrikes will not eliminate the country's chemical weapons supply completely, but will reduce the government's ability to deliver them.

Source: Fox News April 07, 2017 15:53 UTC