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DISINFO: Foreign specialists arrived in Syria to stage chlorine chemical attack
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Sputnik on Twitter ( archived) *
  • Date of publication: August 28, 2018
  • Outlet language(s): French
  • Countries / regions discussed: UK, Syria, US, Russia
Tags:
false flag Chemical weapons/attack

DISINFO: Foreign specialists arrived in Syria to stage chlorine chemical attack

SUMMARY

[Referring to a tweet by the Russian Embassy in South Africa, including a photo of what appears to be actors on a film set.] This image accompanied a claim that “English-speaking foreign specialists” had arrived in Syria to stage a chlorine chemical attack in Hama province.

RESPONSE

The photo does indeed show a film set, but not “foreign specialists.” In fact, the photo is of the set of Revolution Man, a film produced by Syrian state media. Read more here: www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-russian-embassy-tweets-misleading-photo-about-syria-/29458058.html, and here euvsdisinfo.eu/a-movie-as-new-evidence-on-fake-chemical-attack-again/,

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