A group of Russian correspondents led by Evgeny Poddubny has found a boy filmed by the White Helmets in their video showing people “affected” by the alleged chemical attack in Douma on April 7.
According to Poddubny:
- 11-year-old Hassan Diab is fine;
- He suffered no injures from the “chemical attack” because there was no attack (at least then and there);
- The boy participated in the video for food (rice, dates and cookies).
Poddubny also contacted Hassan’s father – he also said that there was no chemical attack in the town.
The April 7 case was not the first time when the White Helmets and other pro-militant organizations used kids for propaganda purposes. During the battle for Aleppo in 2016, a photo of Omran Daqneesh after alleged strike by Russian warplanes became popular in the mainstream media (MSM) and then was used in a wide-scale campaign against the Syrian-Iranian-Russian alliance’s operation in the city.
After the liberation of Aleppo, Omran’s father accused militants of using his son as a propaganda tool and praised efforts of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to liberate the city.
Another widely known case is Bana al-Abed, that thanks to the MSM, became a popular twitter blogger constantly accusing the SAA of civilian casualties and other crimes during the operation to liberate Aleppo. De-facto, her content was one big accusation against the SAA.
The only problem is that Bana was almost unable to speak English in 2016 and her account was run by her mother, according to a later version designed to explain how the girl was able to produce all that text and video content.
Russian journalists are not alone in finding no evidence of the chemical attack allegedly conducted by the Assad government.
Pearson Sharp, a reporter of One America News Network also visited the city and found that all the locals say that the chemical attack had been fabricated by militants. Robert Fisk, a Middle East correspondent of The Independent, also visited the site and found no evidence of the attack. However, such reports from the ground face a strong criticism by or ignorance in the MSM.
On April 18, the SAA and the Tiger Forces launched a military operation against militants in eastern Qalamoun. Government troops advanced near the town of al-Ruhaybah and captured the Hawash area.
The advance took place as militants in al-Dumayr are surrendering their heavy weapons and preparing for evacuation. According to the state-run media, about 1,500 militants and 5,000 members of their families will withdraw towards Jarabulus.
The situation in the Rastan pocket was stabilized as the SAA and local militants reached a temporary ceasefire and agreed to re-launch negotiations on a reconciliation deal.
Mailman here. This overview was posted by a reader in SyrPer:
“AntiJihadist
Guys very good news with multiple terrorist pockets falling across the board in Syria after the eastern Ghouta nest fell. We have the Dumayr and Qalamoun pocket now being evacuated back to Turkey. We have the ISIS Yarmouk camp going to be evacuated to the Syrian deserts where they can hopefully be pummelled. We have Rastan reconciling. [In the south] Daraa is next. This will free up even more forces to put pressure on Tanf and Deir el Zor. [In the north] Something in Idlib could also be planned like taking Jisr al Shugur, but that depends on Turkey and Tal Rifaat.
[In the centre] No wonder NATO were so angry that Ghouta fell. This triggered the domino effect of many other terrorists to give up. A good day for Syria and a big step towards the end of the terrorist regime-change project.
+18
The false flag in 2013 was the worst as children were used (kidnapped) and family could see them on the screens and nobody found these chidren. They claimed there were hundreds of deaths, but nobody ever saw graves, so it might have been limited to a lower number of person who died.
All well described in The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson (Uni of Sydney prof).
Last weekend’s disastrous – almost comical – military failure by Zion’s brightest to derail Syria’s campaign to chase the Jewish Mafia’s mercenaries, jihadis and genociders out of the country, seems to have utterly demoralized the thugs, thieves and killers. Reconciliations, green buses, handing in weapons to the Syrian authorities all over the place…
“Very important developments today :
1) Eastern Qalamoun pocket – after yesterday advance, all 5 villages have now accepted the Syria/Russia deal, terrorists will all be evacuated to Idlib/Jarabulus. This is great victory for Syria.
2) Southern Damascus – In fact two groups exist there, ISIS and al Qaeda, both accepted the terms to leave the area. ISIS will go to the Syrian desert, most likely by the Syrian-Iraqi border…and al Qaeda to Idlib.
No matter what, these terrorists will face Syria and Iraq down the road, they will all die later anyhow.
It is confirmed, the C 4+1 has returned to activity in Baghdad and it is coordinating IAF hits on ISIS in the Syrian side of the boarder. This is very important development since there is no coordination with the US or SDF that is in fact protecting ISIS there. ” (Canthama)
Moscow Can Boost Its Defenses by Studying Intact US Missiles in Syria – Analyst
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201804191063713142-russia-us-unexploded-missiles-syria/
“According to Viktor Murakhovsky, member of the advisory council of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission, two cruise missiles that had failed to detonate during the US-led strike on Syria and were reportedly handed over to Russia by the Syrian military may come in handy for Russian specialists.
“These findings may be very useful for our country. Russian experts do not copy western arms patterns, since we have our own development strategy, but it will be interesting for them to get acquainted with the latest western developments in this field. Some missiles, used to strike Syria, were not new, while others were exploited for the first time,” Murakhovsky told Sputnik.
The missiles found by the Syrian forces were reportedly transferred to Russia on April 18, and, as Murakhovsky explained, they will be of special interest because the rockets were quite new.
“It would be interesting to look at the American missile – JASSM-ER – that the US used in the battlefield for the first time. Studying these rockets will help Russia improve its missile defense systems and electronic warfare systems,” the military analyst elaborated.”
Interesting, a JASSM-ER was recovered? If true, that is quite an intelligence coup for the Russians.
S-300s for Syria & More S-300s for Iran ?
“There is growing rumours that Russia is delivering S300s (that were ordered and paid for by Syria in 2011) that were under UNSC sanctions list. Russia believes that the last US/UK/France attack to Syria based on fake news and false flags created a situation that Russia “is no longer bound by a moral duty not to supply Damascus with S-300 air defense missile systems after the last week’s attack”, words from Lavrov.
Several large cargo planes are arriving into Syria daily in the past few days and also a ship arrived in Tartous carrying weapons and the Russians used smoke screen to cover the area for hours in order to block any satellite to spot what was being unloaded.
Expect news about it soon, Syria’s air defense will be seriously beefed up.
Another interesting news around is that, in exchange of Iranian no retaliation against T4 Israhelli attack (killed 7 Iranians) and NATO criminal bombing last week, Russia seems to have agreed to Iran to a possible shipment of more S300 and even talks around S400, there are also possible talks of use of Hamandan airbase.
The above fits all together with the recent re opening of the C4+1 in Baghdad, which is now coordinating all attacks in the Syrian-Iraqi border and against ISIS combing ops in Iraqis desert. The re opening should be understood under the wider prospect of the next major step which is to push the US out of the Mesopotamia region.
May 12th will be Iraqi parliamentary elections, another key milestone on the next big step for Iraq-Syria-Russia-Iran C4+1 (+1 is for Hizballah).” (Canthama)
Is there a possibility of posting a link to the video? My browser doesn’t run scripts so the player doesn’t load.
This site is a pocket of fresh air in the putrid MSM landscape.