DISINFO: The White Helmets are storing toxic chemicals
SUMMARY
White Helmets are storing toxic chemicals at its headquarters under the supervision of Turkish and American intelligence agents.
RESPONSE
A recurring narrative about White Helmets that routinely accuse the organisation of “working for terrorists”. No evidence is given to support these claims.
The "White Helmets" movement originated in Syria in 2012. The organisation - which is made up of 3,400 volunteers including teachers, engineers, tailors and firefighters - states that it has no affiliation to any political or military actor and is committed to render services to anyone in need. Volunteers save people from the rubble after bombings, despite the danger of dying themselves as a result of repeated airstrikes.
White Helmets activists have documented the use of chemical weapons in Syria, later confirmed by The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Thus, OPCW said it found reasonable grounds to believe that chlorine was used as a weapon in the Douma district of Eastern Ghouta, Syria in April 2018. Because of its activities, the organization has become the target of an extensive Russian disinformation campaign.
Read previous disinformation claims alleging that France, UK, and the US support terrorists in Syria, that evidence confirms chemical attacks in Syria were falsified by the White Helmets and that the chemical attacks in Syria have been staged and filmed by the media of the Western countries.