Bisher Armanazi was allowed a British passport after his father had been blacklisted by AmericaThe son and brother of President Bashar al-Assad’s alleged chemical weapons chief have been granted UK citizenship even though he is under international sanctions. Amr Armanazi’s youngest son, Bisher, and older brother, Ghayth, were allowed British passports after he had been blacklisted in 2012 by the US government for running a facility in Syria allegedly involved in the production of sarin nerve gas and other weapons of mass destruction. Armanazi’s eldest son, Zayd, a British citizen since 2009, works with his younger sibling at an investment bank in the City. The revelation follows last week’s sarin gas attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria’s Idlib province, which killed more than 80 people, including 33 children. Armanazi was placed under US sanctions because he…

Source: The Times April 08, 2017 22:56 UTC