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    Reporter Accuses Newsweek of Muzzling ‘Inconvenient Info’ on OPCW Probe of Syrian Chemical Attack

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    A shadow has been cast upon the chemical weapons watchdog's findings regarding the alleged Douma attack in 2018 since WikiLeaks published a leaked email from one of the body's investigators, who argued that the probe's findings have not been correctly represented in a report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ().

    Tareq Haddad, a reporter for Newsweek, stated that he has left the organisation over the latter's unwillingness to publish his “newsworthy revelations” about the leaked letter of an OPCW employee concerning a report on the alleged Douma chemical attack in .

    The journalist accused his former employer of acting in a biased way by “suppressing” his story about the leaked letter along with some evidence in another article, which contained “info inconvenient to the US government” despite it being “factually correct”, while releasing other stories related to the OPCW probe. A Newsweek spokesperson commented on Haddad's accusations in response to a Fox News' request for comment, stating that “the writer pitched a conspiracy theory rather than an idea for objective reporting” and that this pitch was rejected by the outlet's editors.

    Haddad didn't elaborate any further on what information was allegedly muzzled by Newsweek, but announced his intention to publish the full story “shortly”. He also showed interest in revealing facts proving that Newsweek had originally supressed the story, but said his former…

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