The well-known organization “White Helmets” once again stepped up its activities in Syria, enlisting, by tradition, the support of one of the largest terrorist groups.
Such a statement was made by the Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov.
According to him, the information available to Moscow allows us to state that another staged “chemical attack” is being prepared in Syria, designed to discredit the authorities of the Arab Republic.
“We have information from various sources that the White Helmets together with the terrorists Jabhat an-Nusra are preparing another provocation using chemical weapons in the province of Idlib. The main goal, as in previous cases, is to blame the Syrian army in order to discredit official Damascus, ”the Russian diplomat said.
At the same time, Al-Furqan, a resource associated with the Islamic State terrorist organization, unveiled a video with a man resembling the leader of the group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, whose death was previously reported to the United States several times. Rita Katz, head of the SITE Intelligence Group organization, which tracks the activity of militants on the Internet, said on her Twitter that this is the first appearance of al-Baghdadi on video in five years.
In the video, al-Baghdadi, surrounded by supporters, discusses the war against the “crusaders” and reports the end of the battle for the last stronghold of the IS in Syria – the town of Baguz, which the opposition troops stormed in March. Now Washington refuses to comment on the situation. Justify by the fact that the video must be checked for authenticity.