"Damascus claims France involved in staging Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack"

List of links from Moon of Alabama comment section.

"Damascus claims France involved in staging Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack"

http://tass.com/world/943520

"Moscow demands OPCW explain how White Helmets emerged unharmed in Syrian sarin attack"
http://tass.com/world/942326

Russia now pressuring the French on how they obtained the samples they claim prove Syrian culpability in Khan Sheykhoun CW attack.

The National Evaluation (in English) is rather coy as to how the French obtained the samples:

"... France has deployed the required resources to obtain its own samples from the alleged sarin attack on 4 April 2017 in Idlib Governorate ..."
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/syria/events/article/chemical-attack-in-syria-national-evaluation-presented-by-jean-marc-ayrault

Did the French have any people on the ground? Or is it likely that the samples were provided to them by none other than the jihadists themselves?

Posted by: Jen | Apr 29, 2017 2:07:19 AM | 44

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