British, French Nationals Accompany Tahrir Al-Sham in Transferring Suspicious Gas Cargos to Idlib

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The Arabic-language website of Sputnik news agency quoted informed sources as saying on Thursday that terrorists in Idlib transferred a Turkish truck carrying two cargos of gas materials, which had entered Idlib several days ago along with a convoy of concrete walls through Bab al-Hawa passageway, to Jisr al-Shaqour region and Northern Hama under security measures by Tahrir al-Sham and Turkistani terrorist groups.

They added that the truck arrived at Tahrir al-Sham's special court headquarters in the Southern parts of Idlib city after separating from the Turkish convoy, saying that the truck moved towards Jisr al-Shaqour region on Monday afternoon after being loaded with tall blue gas cylinders.

According to the report, over 20 foreign black nationals, speaking in French and British languages, were monitoring the loading operations.

The sources said that the truck returned again to Tahrir al-Sham's special court to take the second cargo of the gas cylinders and the terrorists transferred it to Northern Hama.

The Russian Defense Ministry warned on Monday that the US may have plans to use a fake chemical attack in Syria to hit government forces with airstrikes, adding that Washington is already building up strike capability in the Middle East.

In a statement, the Russian MoD said it noted the deployment to the Mediterranean last weekend of the missile destroyer USS Ross carrying 28 Tomahawk cruise missiles on board. It came after a similar move of the USS The Sullivans to the Persian Gulf and the rebasing of a B-1B Lancer strategic bomber to an air base in Qatar.

The Russian defense ministry added that the “preparations are the latest evidence of the US intention to use the” expected provocation.

The statement reiterated that the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militant group, previously known as Al-Nusra Front, was preparing a staged chlorine attack in a city in Idlib. It alleged that a group of militants, trained in the handling of chemical weapons by the British private military contractor Olive Group, has already arrived in Jisr al-Shughur. The group will “stage decontamination of victims of a staged chemical weapons attack posing as members of the notorious White Helmets group,” the defense ministry claimed.

“The implementation of this provocation, which is being conducted with the assistance of the British intelligence services, is meant to serve as the latest pretext for the US, Britain and France to deliver a missile strike against state and economic facilities in Syria,” Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov stressed.

"The United States keeps building up the group of cruise missile carriers in the Middle East region, connected with the preparation of a regular provocation with alleged 'use of chemical weapons' in the province of Idlib," Konashenkov stated, according to Sputnik.

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