Last year a top Syrian chemist was murdered. The problem is he never existed
Fake news about assassinated scientists was ‘disturbing and distressing’ for targets
In December, media headlines reported that two scientists were found dead in Damascus, Syria, under mysterious circumstances.
The headlines came at the back of the collapse of the government led by Bashar Al-Assad – whose family had ruled Syria for more than half a century – after liberation forces conducted a major offensive against pro-government forces.