Staged Filming of Mock ‘Chemical Attacks’ Has Begun in Idlib – Russian MoD

PHOTO: Sputnik/Reuters/Ammar Abdullah

11 September 2018

SPUTNIK — As the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation reported, all the fake footage of “chemical attacks,” designed to facilitate the implication of Syrian government forces, is expected to be sent to different TV channels before the end of the day.

“According to the information received from inhabitants of Idlib province, militants are now filming a staged provocation in the city of Jisr al-Shugur, where ‘chemical weapons’ are depicted as being used by the Syrian army against civilians. The film crews of several Middle Eastern TV channels arrived in Jisr al-Shugur in the morning, as well as the regional affiliate of one of the main American television news networks,” the Reconciliation Center said.

The Russian military added that the militants had brought two containers loaded with a chlorine-based toxic substance to Jisr al-Shughur to make the provocation seem “natural.”

“The plot envisages staged scenes showing ‘activists’ from the Civil Defense (“White Helmets”) ‘helping’ the residents of Jisr al-Shughur after the Syrian army allegedly used the so-called barrel bombs with poisonous substances,” the center said. […]

1 Comment on Staged Filming of Mock ‘Chemical Attacks’ Has Begun in Idlib – Russian MoD

  1. the two novorossiya channels I follow on the linux Telegram app had a bunch of new posts last night. I need to go translate them and get caught up.

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