Russia to Deploy Military Police to Syria’s Douma

MOSCOW- Russian military police will be deployed to the Syrian city of Douma on April 12 to ensure security, maintain law and order, First Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operations Directorate, Lieutenant-General Viktor Poznikhir, told reporters on Wednesday, according to Itar Tass.

“As of tomorrow, Russian military police units will be deployed to the city of Douma to ensure security, maintain law and order and arrange assistance to the local population,” he said.

White Helmets staged Douma ‘chemical weapons attack’ on civilians

Poznikhir said that the alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians in the Syrian town of Douma was staged and filmed by members of the White Helmets organization.

 “On April 7, probably the last attempt to stage a chemical weapons attack in Eastern Ghouta was made. The notorious White Helmets, who operate as part of terrorist groups, staged and filmed a chemical weapons attack on civilians in the town of Douma,” he said.

Terrorists have failed to fake any chemical weapon attacks against civilians in Eastern Ghouta, he added.

“During the humanitarian operation, the illegal armed units fighting in Eastern Ghouta have incessantly attempted to organize provocations involving the alleged use of toxic chemicals so as to put the blame for the use of chemical weapons on the Syrian government forces,” he said.

“Since the beginning of the humanitarian operation in Eastern Ghouta terrorists have failed to fake a single so-called chemical weapon attack against the civilian population,” the general said.

A workshop where militants had been loading ammunition with poisonous chemical agents has been found in underground tunnels in Syria, he went on.

He said the militants had been plotting provocations involving the use of war gases, but all those plans had been timely exposed by the Syrian authorities and the Russian center for the reconciliation of conflicting parties.

“For instance, on March 3 the militants’ workshop was found in an underground tunnel in Hazrama. Makeshift ammunition pieces were charged with poisonous agents there,” he said.

Russian top brass slams WHO’s statement about people exposed to chemical weapons in Syria

According to Poznikhir, the rumors about 500 people allegedly harmed by toxic chemicals in Syria’s Douma have nothing to do with the reality,

He said Russian military officials over the past several hours had contacted Syrian Red Crescent officials and staff of the local office of the UN coordinator in Syria, who are participating in the humanitarian operation in Eastern Ghouta on site with the aim to identify the location of those reportedly affected.

“None of them has any confirmation of what the World Health Organization official said,” Poznikhir stated.

He invited WHO officials to visit Douma to look into the situation on site personally.

“If WHO officials really want to look into this affair, we are inviting them to Eastern Ghouta. We will be prepared to guarantee security and provide all conditions for their work,” he said.

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