The Syrian government will be implicated in new false-flag operations, including chemical attacks against civilians, according to the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Sergey Naryshkin claimed in a statement on Monday that the US wants to “discredit” the Syrian leadership in response to a number of reconciliation efforts between Syria and Arab nations, including its reaccreditation with the Arab League.
“Biden’s team is doing everything possible to thwart the Arab-Syrian normalization and to discredit the Syrian government. In order to achieve this, false flag attacks are being planned, including ones that employ chemical warfare agents, according to Naryshkin.
The Hurras al-Din militant group, which has ties to al-Qaeda, and Turkistan Islamic Party, a Salafist terrorist organization, reportedly received training in the use of toxic materials in Idlib, Syria’s northwest, according to information the SVR has received.
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Naryshkin continued, “Americans have also given Daesh Takfiri terrorist missiles with chemically laced warheads, and the munitions have been stockpiled near the villages of al-Khawiya and al-Zawriyah not far from the US-run al-Tanf military base in southern Syria.”
He claimed that the base had become a true “den of bandits.”
The establishment of a “joint US-British intelligence committee” there suggests that it now acts as the center for planning Takfiri terrorist attacks in government- and militant-controlled areas of southern Syria.
He emphasized that the United States has started a massive propaganda campaign to convince Arab nations that a détente with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would be a “strategic mistake.”
Sanctions will be directly threatened against those who reject this kind of thinking, he said.
Naryshkin noted that Syria’s relations with other Arab nations are strengthening and that they are exchanging opinions on a variety of topics, such as the fight against terrorism, the recovery of Syria’s economy, and the return of Syrian refugees.
The US administration is not pleased with such developments. The West is doing a terrible thing by portraying itself as the instigator of unrest in the Middle East region. There is no question about it, and everyone is aware of this fact,” the Russian intelligence official said.
A purported crackdown by Damascus on opposition protests was the reason the Arab League suspended Syria’s membership in November 2011.
Syria, one of the six founding members of the Arab League in 1945, criticized the action as “illegal and a violation of the organization’s charter.”
Reps from Arab governments in Cairo decided on May 7 to reinstate Syria in the Arab League following a 12-year suspension.
The choice was supported by all 13 of the 22 member states present.
On May 19, Assad expressed his hopes for improved regional cooperation during his speech at the Arab League summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
“I hope it ushers in a new phase of Arab action for solidarity among us, for peace in our region, for growth, and for prosperity instead of war and destruction.”
He stated that while there are differences between Syria and other Arab states that have emerged over the past ten years that need to be addressed, letting the people handle their own internal affairs without outside interference is of utmost importance.
