OPCW ignores dissenting report proving Douma chemical attack was staged
The OPCW failed to include crucial evidence in its final report on the April 2018 Douma chemical attack. A dissenting opinion produced by a member of the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission provided unambiguous contradictory data which explicitly showed that the attack was staged.
Recurring pro-Kremlin narratives aiming to discredit the OPCW and claiming that the Douma chemical attack was staged by Western actors in order to justify military action against the Assad regime.
As stated in our original debunk, the leaked report is an engineering assessment produced by one former OPCW employee, not a member of the Fact-Finding Mission.
The OPCW said in a press statement that "all information was taken into account, deliberated, and weighed." The final report can be found here.
Regardless of the leaked document's authenticity, its "dissenting" conclusion:
- has been addressed in the actual OPCW report on Douma (Annex 6, pp. 55-56);
- does not support the claim that the incident was staged [WARNING: sensitive graphic content within the link].