Syria, Russia present witnesses of 'staged' gas attack
tehran (KNA) - Russia says the recent suspected chemical weapons attack in the Syrian town of Douma was a "provocation" that Moscow had warned about in advance.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Alexander Shulgin, made the remarks during a press conference in The Hague on Thursday.
He said the only evidence for the alleged gas attack was a "sloppily staged" video shot by a pseudo-humanitarian organization in a bid to "touch hearts," adding that the same strategy had been used in previous false flag attacks in Syria.
Western states blamed the Syrian government for the suspected chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb town of Douma on April 7.
Source: PressTV