DISINFO: White Helmets about to use chemical weapons near Idlib and Aleppo as they did before
SUMMARY
Al-Nusra Front is preparing to use toxic gas in rural areas near the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Idlib. Terrorists from the group transported several bottles containing toxic products from one of the headquarters of the Turkestan Islamic Party in Jisr al-Shoghour. They transported them in White Helmet ambulances to southern Idlib and western Aleppo.
The White Helmets became a key element of the communication campaign launched in 2013 against the Syrian authorities. In the years that followed, accusations were regularly made, often in cycles that coincided with victories by the Syrian army.
The White Helmets played a provocative role in fabricating a chemical attack attributed to Syrian forces on April 4, 2017 in Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province. No evidence of Syrian military involvement was produced, but that did not stop the United States from launching a strike against the Syrian airbase at Al-Shayrat three days later.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation about imminent chemical attacks in Syria, which often included claims that previous attacks were false flag operations by the White Helmets, aimed at tarnishing the reputation of Damascus.
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 party other than the Assad regime.
The White Helmets are the subject of recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives on the Syrian civil war, having already been accused of numerous 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 use of the White Helmets in pro-Kremlin disinformation regarding the Syrian war, see here, here, and here.
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