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Chemical attack: ‘rough work’ of Syrian opposition

Posted by seumasach on August 24, 2013

Voice of Russia

22nd August, 2013

Russia has declared that according to its information, chemical weapons in the suburbs of Damascus had been used (on August 21) by opposition militants, and not the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The accusations in the address of the government troops are based on unverified information. And the aggressive campaign in regional and Western media only confirms that this refers to a “prearranged provocation”. This came as a special statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry. It is not for the first time that such provocations occur.

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