The United States is involved in creating an information fake that Russia and Syria allegedly block humanitarian supplies to the Rukban refugee camp, the Russian and Syrian interagency coordinating headquarters for the return of refugees emphasized in a joint statement.

“The pro-American media are actively circulating the informational spread circulated by militants of the Magavir As-Saura armed group from the US-occupied Al-Tanf zone about allegedly blocking a humanitarian convoy in Er-Rukban by Russia and Syria, which has already been agreed and timed to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims” , - is reported in the statement.

In addition, according to the assessment of the Russian and Syrian sides, American specialists could participate in the preparation of the informational stuffing. As noted in the headquarters statement, the text of the statement "Magavir Al-Saura" is written in Arabic and in "fairly good English - with speech spoken by Americans." According to Moscow and Damascus, this "proves the direct participation of American experts in the preparation of public reports of militants."

Recall, the camp for Syrian refugees, Rukban is located on the Syrian-Jordanian border in the 55-kilometer zone, controlled by the US military base in the area of ​​Al-Tanf. In addition, in the same zone, Washington is training fighters of the Magavir As-Saura group.

According to the estimation of the American political scientist Mikhail Sinelnikov-Orishak, the speed of its distribution in the media can be a confirmation of the US involvement in fake information. The expert is sure that the militants themselves would not be able to publicize their statements so quickly. 

“It is not enough to create information, it is still necessary to make sure that they learn about it and talk about it. And this spreading speed, in my opinion, is one of the main signs that this initiative is not militants. This was not done in the caves, ”said Sinelnikov-Orishak in an interview with RT.

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True US Goals

By disseminating false information, the United States, on the one hand, is conducting a “propaganda campaign to convince the world community of the responsibility of the Syrian authorities for a possible aggravation of the epidemiological situation in the Rukban camp, and on the other, they are achieving their own goals in Syria,” the joint statement said. Russian and Syrian headquarters.

"The goal that the United States is pursuing is obvious - to continue supplying the militants it controls at the expense of UN humanitarian aid," the military said in a statement.

The Russian Ministry of Defense repeatedly drew attention to the fact that a significant part of the products from the UN humanitarian aid for the Rukban refugee camp fell into the hands of militants.

In addition, a joint statement by the interagency coordination headquarters of the Russian Federation and Syria says that Washington is also speculating on the difficult epidemiological situation in northeastern Syria. In Moscow and Damascus, they were “surprised and alert” by the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) was involved in these manipulations, which stated the need to restore cross-border supplies of humanitarian aid, including through the Al-Yarubiya crossing. According to a WHO report, this measure is necessary to counter the spread of COVID-19.  

“At the same time, through this transition, the delivery of weapons, drugs, militants and coronavirus infection into the territory of neighboring states is possible. Given these circumstances, the organization seems to be lobbying for Western interests to the detriment of the Syrian people and regional security, ”the Russian-Syrian statement says.

The headquarters also indicated that the Al-Yarubiya crossing is located on the Syrian-Iraqi border near the oil fields captured by the Americans.

Director of the Institute of the Newest States, political scientist Alexei Martynov, in an interview with RT, explained that initially, when creating WHO, "noble, bright and humanistic goals" were pursued. The organization was to coordinate the efforts of countries in combating global threats to human health. 

“And today we are witnessing how WHO is becoming a political tool and even some kind of political structure that is ready to dictate and broadcast instructions to countries and politically evaluate their actions, in the context of the same coronavirus pandemic,” said the political scientist. 

He recalled that until recently, Trump accused WHO of failing to fulfill her task, as she could not warn the world community about the real threat of coronavirus infection in time. After that, the United States decided to suspend funding for the organization. 

“But very quickly all criticism from the American leadership was curtailed as soon as WHO, as a political tool, began to intervene in processes in different countries of the world,” Martynov emphasized.

Earlier, the interagency coordination headquarters of Russia and Syria have already reported that the United States intends to take advantage of the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection and plans to transfer cargo to militants under the guise of humanitarian aid. To this end, Washington put pressure on the UN. At the same time, in Russia and Syria, they note that in fact the humanitarian crisis in the refugee camp "Er-Rukban" is "the result of the illegal occupation of this part of Syria by the United States."

This is evidenced by the statements of the refugees themselves, who managed to escape from the camp. So, Mhammad Massaad told RIA Novosti that in the camp “there is no food, no water, no electricity - nothing, problems with medicine”, people are forced to pay for everything, even for technical water. According to him, the Americans and the militants controlled by them do not allow them to bring humanitarian aid to the camp, so Mhammad decided to escape.