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DISINFO: The White Helmets are preparing a new chemical attack

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White Helmets Syrian War Provocation false flag Chemical weapons/attack

DISINFO: The White Helmets are preparing a new chemical attack

SUMMARY

Russia foreign ministry

The active Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group operating in Syria is on the verge of carrying out another provocation using toxic materials according to a scenario prepared with the participation from members of the pseudo-humanitarian "White Helmets".

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin conspiracy theory painting the White Helmets as terrorists and shifting blame for chemical attacks in Syria away from 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 other party than the Assad regime.

The White Helmets is a recurring topic 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 organizations; 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.

A majority of such claims are unburdened by evidence and often rely on meaningless formulations such as "according to information provided by X," "there are reasons to assume," and so forth. See here for our analysis of how the Kremlin uses conspiracy theories to whitewash Assad's record of chemical warfare.

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