Baladi News
The US State Department responded to an accusation by the Russian Defense Ministry, that US and the Free Syrian Army are preparing for what it called a "new provocation using chemical weapons" in Deir Ezzor, with the assistance of a US-backed forces.
"The Russian Defense Ministry allegedly says that the US forces and the Free Syrian Army are preparing for an attack using chemical weapons in Syria," US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert tweeted on her account.
Nauert accused Moscow of poisoning the former Russian Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the British city of Salisbury and criticized the Russian position of the Syrian Government.
"At a time when Russia used the poisonous substance in Salisbury and is still defending Assad against accusations of ongoing chemical attacks in Syria, we are still adhering to the Chemical Weapons Convention," she said.
Source: Agencies/ Baladi News