29 Mar 2024
Sputnik News- Syrian President Bashar called the Idlib chemical attack in Syria "a cover up for the American intervention" in the country, which President Donald Trump intended to use to get support in his home country amid various conflicts with the members of the US establishment.

Allegations ofa chemical attack inKhan Sheikhoun inSyria's Idlib province is part ofa campaign todemonize the country's authorities and a cover forthe US intervention inSyria, Syrian President Bashar Assad said inan interview withBelarus ONT channel onThursday.

"Of course, it was part ofthe campaign waged onSyria withthe aim ofdemonizing the Syrian state After they failed inmarketing their policy towardsISIS [Daesh] and al-Nusra throughtheir support ofthese two organizations directly or indirectly they wanted towash their hands ofthe subject and toshow that the problem inSyria is not ISIS and al-Nusra butthe state which is killing its innocent citizens byusing toxic gases," Assad said astranslated and quoted bythe Syrian state-run SANA news agency, when asked aboutthe nature ofthe chemical attack.

The Syrian president added that the chemical attack was also "a cover upfor the American intervention inSyria" asUS President Donald Trump was facing conflicts withinhis administration aswell aswith other forces, lobbies, media and corporations inthe United States.

"So bydoing that, he wanted topresent his credentials tothese groups. The chemical attack issue is also a justification forthis intervention," Assad said.

He also noted it was a "planned process" aimed toachieve a number ofgoals atthe same time.

"Russia and Iran presented a draft proposal tothe Organization forthe Prohibition ofChemical Weapons (OPCW), and they refused toapprove an investigation, because it will prove only one thing, that they were lying," the Syrian president said.

On April 4, the National Coalition forSyrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces blamed the Syrian government forthe incident inKhan Sheikhoun, which allegedly involved the use ofchemical weapons. Damascus denied any involvement inthe incident and the Syrian army said it did not possess chemical weapons asthey had been destroyed bythe Organization forthe Prohibition ofChemical Weapons (OPCW). The incident was used bythe United States aspretext fora missile strike againsta Syrian military airbase onApril 7.
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