A former Syrian ambassador to the UK tells Sky News that Bashar al-Assad was planning to use chemical weapons last summer
A former high-ranking Syrian diplomat who defected saying his conscience could not allow him to continue representing the regime has emerged from hiding to give his first interview to Sky News.
Khaled al Ayoubi was President Bashar al Assad's most senior figure in Britain and was at the heart of discussions between Britain and Syria over its use of chemical weapons.
After resigning as the charge d'affaire at the Syrian embassy in July 2012, Mr al Ayoubi said he had been granted protection by the UK's Foreign Office in return for information about the Syrian regime.
Since then he said he received death threats from members of Mr Assad's secret intelligence service and had been forced to live at a secret location.
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