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On 7 April 2018, an attack in the [[Syria]]n city of Douma reportedly killed at least 70 people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Suspected Syria chemical attack kills 70|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43686157|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=BBC News|date=8 April 2018}}</ref> It was a suspected [[chemical weapons|chemical attack]], as on-site medics said exposure to chlorine gas and [[sarin]] nerve agent killed the victims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/08/dozens-reported-dead-chemical-attack-insyria-us-blames-russia/|title=Russia blames Israel for attack on Syrian air base as pressure mounts over gas atrocity|first1=Chris|last1=Graham|first2=Charlotte|last2=Krol|first3=Rob|last3=Crilly|first4=Josie|last4=Ensor|first5=Steven|last5=Swinford|first6=Ben|last6=Riley-Smith|first7=Louis|last7=Emanuel|date=8 April 2018|publisher=|accessdate=9 April 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
 
On 7 April 2018, an attack in the [[Syria]]n city of Douma reportedly killed at least 70 people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Suspected Syria chemical attack kills 70|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43686157|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=BBC News|date=8 April 2018}}</ref> It was a suspected [[chemical weapons|chemical attack]], as on-site medics said exposure to chlorine gas and [[sarin]] nerve agent killed the victims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/08/dozens-reported-dead-chemical-attack-insyria-us-blames-russia/|title=Russia blames Israel for attack on Syrian air base as pressure mounts over gas atrocity|first1=Chris|last1=Graham|first2=Charlotte|last2=Krol|first3=Rob|last3=Crilly|first4=Josie|last4=Ensor|first5=Steven|last5=Swinford|first6=Ben|last6=Riley-Smith|first7=Louis|last7=Emanuel|date=8 April 2018|publisher=|accessdate=9 April 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
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The statements from the [[Russia]]n government and military were contradictory: at one instance they said that there was no chemical attack; that the video evidence for it was staged by the [[White Helmets]] and [[MI6|British intelligence]] as a pretext for foreign intervention or that a chemical attack did happen, but that it was perpetrated by the [[al-Qaeda]] rebels themselves.<ref>[http://tass.com/politics/1000124 Envoy to OPCW says Russia found participants of staged 'chemical attack' video in Syria] TASS, 16 April 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/13/russia-blamed-britain-syria-chemical-attack/514756002/| title=Russia just blamed Britain for Syria chemical attack. Here’s who else Moscow blames| author=Oren Dorrell| date=13 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/russia-syrian-rebel-chemical-weapons/ |title=Russia says it found Syrian rebel chemical weapons| date=17 April 2018| publisher=Chicago Sun Times}}</ref>
 
The statements from the [[Russia]]n government and military were contradictory: at one instance they said that there was no chemical attack; that the video evidence for it was staged by the [[White Helmets]] and [[MI6|British intelligence]] as a pretext for foreign intervention or that a chemical attack did happen, but that it was perpetrated by the [[al-Qaeda]] rebels themselves.<ref>[http://tass.com/politics/1000124 Envoy to OPCW says Russia found participants of staged 'chemical attack' video in Syria] TASS, 16 April 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/13/russia-blamed-britain-syria-chemical-attack/514756002/| title=Russia just blamed Britain for Syria chemical attack. Here’s who else Moscow blames| author=Oren Dorrell| date=13 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/russia-syrian-rebel-chemical-weapons/ |title=Russia says it found Syrian rebel chemical weapons| date=17 April 2018| publisher=Chicago Sun Times}}</ref>
  
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On 14 April 2018, the [[United States]], [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]] carried out [[2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs|a series of military strikes]] against multiple government sites in Syria.
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On 14 April 2018, the [[United States]], [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]] carried out a series of military strikes against multiple government sites in Syria.
 
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Revision as of 09:39, 31 October 2018

Event.png Douma attack  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Date7 April 2018
LocationDouma,  Syria
Interest ofHamish de Bretton-Gordon, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Ian Henderson (OPCW), David Malcolm Nott
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon discussing chemical weapons

On 7 April 2018, an attack in the Syrian city of Douma reportedly killed at least 70 people.[1] It was a suspected chemical attack, as on-site medics said exposure to chlorine gas and sarin nerve agent killed the victims.[2]

The attack was attributed to the Syrian Army by rebel forces in Douma, non-governmental aid and medical workers there, as well as by the United States and its allies.[3][4]

The statements from the Russian government and military were contradictory: at one instance they said that there was no chemical attack; that the video evidence for it was staged by the White Helmets and British intelligence as a pretext for foreign intervention or that a chemical attack did happen, but that it was perpetrated by the al-Qaeda rebels themselves.[5][6][7]

On 14 April 2018, the United States, France and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes against multiple government sites in Syria.

 

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Max Blumenthal“The White Helmets are known around the world for rescuing civilians in Syria. But the recent death of its founder, James Le Mesurier, and an unfolding cover-up at the OPCW of an apparently staged chemical weapons incident, has shed new light on the group’s shadowy role in the Syria proxy war. We speak to The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal, whose reporting has exposed the White Helmets’ ties to jihadists groups and its use as a PR tool for Western military intervention in Syria. Blumenthal explains that the White Helmets group (originally known as ARK<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a>) was founded and trained in Turkey and financed by UK, US, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. In Operation Timber Sycamore, and in conjunction with Al-Qaeda and ISIS, the White Helmets were tasked with carrying out regime change ("transition") in Syria and then occupying the country ("stabilisation"). Many slick videos of the work of the White Helmets were produced and in one they are described by British journalist John Cantlie as the Islamic State Fire Brigade.”Max Blumenthal
Aaron Maté
Riam Dalati“Sick and tired of activists and [Syrian] rebels using corpses of dead children to stage emotive scenes for Western consumption. Then they wonder why some serious journos are questioning part of the narrative,”Riam DalatiFebruary 2019

 

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TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Douma ‘attack’ witnesses speak at Russia-called OPCW briefing at The HagueArticle26 April 2018Halil al-Jaish who tended to people at the Douma hospital that day, told the press conference that some of the patients had indeed experienced respiratory problems. The symptoms, however, were caused by heavy dust, which engulfed the area due to recent airstrikes, and no one showed any signs of chemical warfare poisoning.
Document:FCO Disinformation update: Salisbury and Syriareview26 December 2018Integrity Initiative
Andy Pryce		UK Foreign Office email, presumably to trusted pro-government journalists, with information as 'background for your own work'. Cliff notes on Douma, Skripal etc.
Document:Robert Fisk visits the Syria clinic at the centre of a global crisisWikispooks Page17 April 2018Robert Fisk"A Syrian colonel I came across behind one of these buildings asked if I wanted to see how deep the tunnels were. I stopped after well over a mile when he cryptically observed that 'this tunnel might reach as far as Britain'. Ah yes, Ms May, I remembered, whose air strikes had been so intimately connected to this place of tunnels and dust. And gas?"
Document:The Stench of Imperialism: The Statement of Theresa MayArticle20 April 2018Christopher BlackBritish Prime Minister Lies to the Nation on Friday 13 April 2018
Document:The World: What is Really Happeningblog post25 May 2019Craig MurrayAlleged nerve gas attack in Syria - Amanda Martin tweets to George Monbiot: "Don't you smell a set up here though? Craig Murray doesn't think Assad did it."
Document:What is the point of tourists' checks and tests if migrants can just walk into Dover?article5 June 2021Peter HitchensA blog post outlining the illogical policy of lockdown measures in the pandemic era, followed by sections about political correctness, and the Douma attack whistleblowers and Wikileaks.
File:Henderson-Testimony-UN.pdfTranscript10 February 2020Ian Henderson (OPCW)Transcript of the testimony of ex-OPCW inspector Ian Henderson before the UNSC on 20 January 2020 about the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria on 18 April 2018, and the subsequent OPCW report about it.
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  2. ↑ Graham, Chris; Krol, Charlotte; Crilly, Rob; Ensor, Josie; Swinford, Steven; Riley-Smith, Ben; Emanuel, Louis (8 April 2018). "Russia blames Israel for attack on Syrian air base as pressure mounts over gas atrocity". Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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  4. ↑ Gearan, Anne; Ryan, Missy (13 April 2018). "U.S. launches missile strikes in Syria". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  5. ↑ Envoy to OPCW says Russia found participants of staged 'chemical attack' video in Syria TASS, 16 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Oren Dorrell (13 April 2018). "Russia just blamed Britain for Syria chemical attack. Here's who else Moscow blames".Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  7. ↑ "Russia says it found Syrian rebel chemical weapons". Chicago Sun Times. 17 April 2018.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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