Earlier in the day, the Russian centre for Syrian reconciliation warned that terrorists in Syria were planning to stage chemical attacks in the Idlib de-escalation zone, as well as west of Aleppo province.
The US State Department claims there are signs that the Syrian government may be using chemical weapons, including an alleged chlorine attack on Sunday in northwest Syria.
“We are still gathering information on this incident, but we repeat our warning that if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons, the United States and our allies will respond quickly and appropriately,” the department said in a statement.
On Tuesday Maj. Gen. Viktor Kupchishin, the head of the Russian centre for Syrian reconciliation, noted at the daily briefing that terrorists operating in the Idlib de-escalation zone possess significant amounts of poisonous substances with which they fill munitions to use in staged provocations aimed at accusing the Syrian army of “chemical attacks” against civilians.
This was not for the first time when Russia warned that terrorists operating in Syria continue to prepare chemical weapon provocations in Syria.
On Friday, the Russian Defence Ministry said that the Nusra Front* terror group was preparing to stage a false-flag provocation in Syria's Idlib province as a means of framing the Russian Aerospace Forces for attacking civilians with chemical weapons.
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