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Islamists in E. Ghouta plan to stage false flag chemical attack – Damascus
Syria’s deputy foreign minister says militants plan a chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta on Sunday, will highlight the female victims and then pin the blame on Damascus. He accused the West of “only wanting to believe terrorists.”
“We
have received information that militants plan to stage an attack
between the districts of Mesraba and Beit Sawa. Tahrir al-Sham
terrorists plan to sacrifice several women for this purpose and
launch a disinformation campaign. The performance is thought to be
scheduled for March 11,” Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad,
told journalists in Damascus.
‘US won’t even sell us rifles’: Turkey’s FM explains purchase of Russian S-400 air-defense systems
Ankara’s
decision to purchase Russian S-400 air-defense systems was prompted
by the reluctance of its NATO allies, primarily the US, to sell
advanced weaponry to Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has
said.
“We
needed it urgently because we did not have an air defense system. We
even had troubles with buying simple rifles from the US due to
concerns of the Congress. We had to buy it from
someone,” Cavusoglu told the
Zeit newspaper, in an exclusive interview.
Russian
President Vladimir Putin has said there should be an investigation
into the massive airstrikes on residential areas in Syria’s Raqqa.
Putin pointed out that the dead are still unburied and corpses are
lying in the ruins.
“As
for crimes, go back to Raqqa and at least bury the dead bodies, which
are still lying amid the ruins after the air strikes on residential
neighborhoods – and investigate these attacks,” the Russian
leader said as he sat down for an “at times combative” interview
with NBC’s Megyn Kelly. Putin also raised the point that the battle
for Iraq’s Mosul involving the US-led forces left the city “razed
to the ground.”
The
interview heated up when the two were speaking about Syria, when the
anchor asked about alleged chemical attacks, for which the West
blames the Syrian government. Those claims were rebuffed as “fake
news” by the Russian leader. Putin stressed that Damascus destroyed
its stockpile of chemical weapons long ago, and the militants aimed
“to simulate chemical attacks” which were then blamed on the
Syrian army.
“All
the attempts that have been made repeatedly in the recent past, and
all the accusations were used to consolidate the efforts against
Assad,” Putin told the journalist. As Kelly continued to ask about
alleged chemical attacks that led to civilian deaths, Putin noted
that there had been no thorough investigation into what had happened
in Syria.
“Russia
is for a full-scale investigation. If you do not know this, I am
telling you this now. It is not true that we are against an objective
investigation. That is a lie.”
US
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the new tariffs he imposed
on imported steel and aluminium would be cancelled if the European
Union, in its turn, lifted the import duties on the US goods.
"The
European Union, wonderful countries who treat the U.S. very badly on
trade, are complaining about the tariffs on Steel & Aluminum. If
they drop their horrific barriers & tariffs on U.S. products
going in, we will likewise drop ours. Big Deficit. If not, we Tax
Cars etc. FAIR!," Trump posted on his Twitter page.
The European Union, wonderful countries who treat the U.S. very badly on trade, are complaining about the tariffs on Steel & Aluminum. If they drop their horrific barriers & tariffs on U.S. products going in, we will likewise drop ours. Big Deficit. If not, we Tax Cars etc. FAIR!
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