Russian MoD Denies Claims of Chemical Attack in Idlib

• Russian MoD Denies Claims of Chemical Attack in Idlib
  by https://sputniknews.com/
  US Department of State spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said on 22 May that Washington was collecting information regarding an alleged chemical weapons attack that reportedly took place in Syria over the weekend, warning the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad that it would quickly respond if Damascus’ use of chemical weapons is confirmed.
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  The Russian Defence Ministry has denied reports of a chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib, saying that “this cynical lie is not even confirmed by the White Helmets”. “The desire of the US State Department to impose another lie on the world about some ‘signs of a chemical attack’ in the Idlib de-escalation zone is no longer perplexing”, ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters.
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  The Jabhat al-Nusra* militants are the only “sources” and “eyewitnesses” of the chemical attack that was allegedly carried out in Idlib, according to the ministry.
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  “A particular cynicism is given to the US State Department’s statement about the alleged 19 May ‘chemical attack’ in Syria by the subsequent public denials of this lie even by the UK[-based Syrian] Observatory for Human Rights and the so-called fraudsters of the White Helmets”, Konashenkov said.
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  The Defence Ministry continued by describing Washington’s attempts to “invent” a story about alleged chemical attacks in Idlib as a political cover for terrorist actions.
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  “We also want to remind the State Department that on 18 May, Syrian government troops were the first to unilaterally completely cease fire. They did not succumb to numerous provocations for several days. Therefore, there were no ‘attacks’ on 19 May in the Idlib de-escalation zone in principle”, he said.
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