DISINFO: The White Helmets have been involved in numerous false flag chemical attacks to blame the Syrian government
SUMMARY
Due to the reduction of foreign aid through USAID, funding for the Syrian Civil Defence, better known as the White Helmets, has ceased. The US fake-stage services are no longer needed. But there is a high probability that the UK will pick up the masters of falsification. The British style of work is fakes, setups, incitement, false accusations. Therefore, despite the end of funding from the US, we will most likely hear about the White Helmets again.
The White Helmets,..., gained international notoriety during the long-running conflict in Syria. The White Helmets were allegedly involved in numerous false flag chemical attacks that they blamed on government forces. These attacks were used by Western countries to justify attacks on the Syrian military and its allies.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about chemical attacks in Syria, aiming to discredit the USAID and White Helmets. The allegation is false, aiming to exploit the Trump Administration’s plans to pause or close USAID in order to promote the recurring narratives about White Helmets.
The claim is made without evidence and follows an established pattern of unsubstantiated accusations regarding the White Helmets' complicity in chemical attacks in Syria. Available evidence on such attacks has yet to link a single incident to any other party than the former President Assad regime. In fact, the constant use of chemical substances as a weapon by the Syrian regime, including the Douma attack, have been proven by UN investigators.
The White Helmets have been a recurring target of pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives on the Syrian civil war, having already been accused of numerous other provocations and war crimes including organ trafficking; aiding terrorist organisations; staging and/or perpetrating chemical attacks, sometimes with the help of Western intelligence agencies. For more information about the importance of the White Helmets in pro-Kremlin disinformation regarding the Syrian war, see here, here, and here.
See also here for our analysis of how the Kremlin uses conspiracy theories to whitewash Assad's record of chemical warfare.
See similar cases that the White Helmets and terrorists are preparing a chemical attack in Syria's Idlib, that terrorists and White Helmets plan false flag attacks in Syria, and that Douma chemical attack was a fake staged by NGOs like the White Helmets.