Head of Military Intelligence Research Division : Considerable Russian support for the Assad regime • On average, 1,000 people are killed in Syria every week • More than 1,000 tons of chemical weapons in Syria, plus missiles with warheads. The Syrian regime 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.