(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used lethal chemical weapons, mostly sarin gas, against armed rebels several times in the past few weeks, and is continuing to do so, the head of the Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence Research Branch, Brig. Gen. ltay Baron, said on Monday, April 22. Baron said that photographs showing victims with foam coming out of their mouths and contracted pupils were signs that deadly gas had been used. Baron confirmed that “to the best of its [the IDF’s] knowledge,” weapons of mass destruction had definitely been used by the Syrian regime, a development which the U.S. and others say they are still trying to determine. In his briefing, Baron said the lack of an “appropriate international response” to the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons was “very worrying” and was leading Syrian Assad and his forces to believe that there were no consequences to their use of WMDs.