DISINFO: Aleppo has been liberated from terrorists armed with chemical weapons

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: RIA ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: December 15, 2016
  • Countries / regions discussed: Syria

DISINFO: Aleppo has been liberated from terrorists armed with chemical weapons

SUMMARY

Aleppo has been liberated from terrorists armed with chemical weapons.

RESPONSE

The rules of war have been broken by both sides of the conflict. According to a UN report, quoted by the BBC “Syrian pro-government forces in eastern Aleppo have been killing people, including women and children, on the spot in their homes and on the street”. There is no evidence that the opposition has chemical weapons, but there is evidence that Assad has used chemical weapons against his own people.. The findings of the Joint Investigative Mechanism of the use of chemical weapons in Syria point to the Syrian Government and Da'esh

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