Russia: Terrorists plan to stage false flag chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib

Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian center, told reporters on Tuesday that the terrorists have transferred containers filled with chlorine to the town of Ariha in preparation for the gas attack, which they want to blame on the Syrian government.

“According to sources, terrorists, accompanied by members of the White Helmets pseudo-humanitarian organization, used a truck to deliver four containers with poisonous substances, presumably chlorine, to the Ariha town area. Therefore, in accordance with the information we have received, the militants plan to stage a ‘chemical attack’ in order to subsequently accuse Syrian forces of using toxic substances against the civilian population,” he said.

Kuti called on the militant leaders to refrain from provocations and join the process of peaceful settlement in the areas under their occupation.

Moscow and Damascus have on many occasions charged the militants with staging gas attacks in a bid to falsely incriminate Syrian government forces amid army advances and fabricate pretexts for Western military strikes.

Syria surrendered its entire chemical stockpile in 2014 to a joint mission led by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which oversaw the destruction of the weaponry.

The US and its allies, however, have never stopped accusing the Damascus whenever an alleged chemical attack has taken place.