“Among these supposedly“ angels ”from the“ White Helmets ”, faces flash up and those who were in the ranks of Al-Qaeda **. They are clearly visible, the images are very clear. Including them there is one who cut off people's heads, there is one who ate the heart of a dead soldier. All this can easily be found on the Internet. No one in our region believes these White Helmets PR events. They are the wing of An-Nusra, ”the president said.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump approved the allocation of $ 4.5 million in assistance to the White Helmets non-governmental human rights organization in Syria.
In the summer of 2018, Assad stated that the alleged chemical attack that had occurred in the Syrian Duma was staged, and the dissemination of information about it by the White Helmets organization became a PR move of Great Britain.
* “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (“Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”, “Jabhat al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.
** Al-Qaeda - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003