Orient News, Feb. 28, 2018 – North Korea has been sending missile specialists to Syria as well as equipment that could be used in the production of chemical weapons, US media report.
The February 27 reports said UN experts found more than 40 previously unreported shipments of such supplies to Syria between 2012 and 2017.
The materials said to have been illicitly sent to Assad regime included acid-resistant tiles, corrosion-resistant valves, and thermometers.
An unreleased UN report assessing North Korea’s compliance with UN resolutions says an unnamed UN member state has spotted Pyongyang’s technicians at Assad chemical-weapons and missile facilities.
Assad regime is said to have told the UN experts that the North Koreans present in Syria are sports coaches and athletes!!!!
The allegations come amid new reports of chlorine gas being used on civilians by the Assad militias, which the regime denies.
Experts say that North Korea, which is under international sanctions over its nuclear and missile program, has long offered military supplies and weapons know-how around the world in exchange for cash.