DISINFO: OPCW's decision to restrict Syria's rights was absurd
SUMMARY
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) took an absurd decision to restrict Syria's rights while ignoring that certain terrorist and extremist groups near Idlib are planning chemical attacks in order to put the blame on the legitimate Syrian government.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about chemical attacks as well as recurring disinformation narrative deflecting blame for chemical attacks from the Assad regime. No evidence is given to support the allegation.
In an unprecedented vote, member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog suspended Syria’s voting rights at the organization as a punishment for the repeated use of toxic gas by Damascus. The vote, which required a two-thirds majority to pass, marked the first time a member state of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been hit with such a sanction.
The German NGO GPPi has collected data on 349 confirmed incidents with the use of various types of chemical weapons. In almost all cases, Syrian regime forces can be tied to the attacks.
As early as February 2020, the Russia Centre for Syria Reconciliation had already announced, without providing evidence in this regard, that it had evidence of the preparation of a chemical false flag attack in Idlib, even by the White Helmets. The White Helmets have been repeatedly accused by the Syrian regime of being responsible for chemical attacks during the war in Syria. To date, there is no evidence linking the White Helmets to these attacks.
Read here similar cases claiming that the intelligence services of France and Belgium are preparing a false-flag chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib province, in coordination with local terrorist cells and the White Helmets group; that the White Helmets are organising a false flag provocation in Idlib, Syria, or that terrorists plan false flag chemical attacks in Syria.