“According to the information received from two residents on the“ hot line ”of the Russian center for reconciliation of warring parties on February 3, representatives of the White Helmets organization with the support of the terrorists Hayat Tahrir al-Sham * are preparing a provocation using poisonous substances,” The statement of the agency received in RT says.

It is specified that they plan to carry out a new provocation in the village of Maarret al-Artik, with the participation of about 200 people from among the relatives of the militants who arrived in the Idlib de-escalation zone.

On January 27, the CPVS announced that White Helmets were preparing a provocation in Syria with the aim of accusing the Syrian authorities of using chemical weapons against civilians.

* “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.