A doctor close to #BassamHassan has also acknowledged treating #AustinTice.
Early in #Syria’s civil war, Hassan worked w/ #Iran to help establish a paramilitary force known as the National Defense Forces #NDF], which received funding & training from Tehran. The NDF…was modeled after Iran’s […]
Over a period of time since late April, #BassamHassan was interviewed by #FBI & #CIA. It is not clear how many times the investigators spoke to Hassan, or the extent of the info he provided about #AustinTice or other aspects of #Syria’s #ChemicalWeapons program or other activities under #Assad […]
On Dec 8, 2024, after a rebel coalition entered Damascus, #BassamHassan escaped to #Iran w/ the help of Iranian ofcls….
…Hassan willingly traveled from Iran to #Lebanon & interacted w/ #US & Lebanese ofcls without coercion.…Hassan was not being detained, acc/to former Lebanese & Syrian ofcls […]
#BassamHassan has long drawn the attention of the authorities abroad. In 2014, Hassan was sanctioned by the US over #weapons procurement. In 2023, French investigative judges issued an international warrant for Hassan, accusing him of helping organize the 2013 attacks involving #SarinGas through […]
…#BBCNews also reported that #BassamHassan had told #intelligence ofcls that #AustinTice had been executed.
As one of #Assad’s closest #security advisers, Hassan is accused of helping orchestrate attacks involving a lethal #NerveAgent in 2013 in the Ghouta suburbs outside Damascus. fmr ofcls […]
A fmr snr American ofcl familiar w/ the #AustinTice case said there should be skepticism about what #BassamHassan told investigators because of a possible desire to cast blame on #Assad.
Assad fled to Moscow after the collapse of his government, leaving behind some of his most ardent supporters […]
…American #intelligence agencies have long believed that #BassamHassan played a critical role in #AustinTice’s imprisonment. His name was one of several the #Biden admin gave the rebel group that toppled the #Assad Syrian govt in the hopes it could obtain information about Tice. Hassan, American […]
In meetings w/ the #FBI & #CIA, the fmr commander, Bassam Hassan, a top adviser to #Assad who was accused of facilitating the country’s #ChemicalWeapons attacks on #civilians, disclosed in recent weeks that Assad, the #authoritarian leader who was toppled in Dec, had ordered the killing of […]
