Aaron Maté is an American blogger who writes about Syria. In his pieces published at The Greyzone he defends the Syrian/Russian Federation narrative about the usage of chemical warfare. In his December 2020 piece Maté wants his audience to believe the OPCW deleted an email message which expressed critism on report about the investigation on…
British journalist Peter Hitchens published an article on the website of Mail on Sunday which has many statements by anonymous sources. Hitchens did not factcheck the controversial statements and as a result the article has multiple factual inaccuracies. The piece is about the OPCW which investigated an alleged chemical attack in Douma which took place…
This article will provide some insight into the organizational structure of OPCW Technical Secretariat. It will list names and their roles of people involved into the investigation into the events in Douma in April 2018. The diagram below shows the structure of the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS). It was taken from this document. The Technical…
Het CDA heeft op 3 januari Kamervragen gesteld aan minister Blok van Buitenlandse Zaken en premier Mark Rutte. De vragen van Omtzigt en Van Helvert zijn gesteld naar aanleiding van de publicaties door WikiLeaks van verschillende OPCW documenten. Deze documenten zijn door iemand gelekt naar WikiLeaks. Het betreft oa. voorlopige versies van het onderzoeksrapport en…
Two weeks after an alleged chemical attack in Douma in April 2018 which killed dozens of civilians, it was found out the scene was changed by removing evidence which suggests the cylinders were dropped. The team investigating was not able to enter one of the apartments of the building where over 40 bodies were found. …
WikiLeaks at December 24, 2019 published a set of documents which are related to the OPCW investigation into what happened in Douma in April 2018. An alleged chemical attack killed dozens of civilians. On a summary describing the content of the documents WikiLeaks suggests OPCW wanted to cover up a dissenting report. However WikiLeaks did…
A leaked OPCW document on the alleged chemical attack in Douma (Syria) which took place in April 2018 concludes the attack was likely staged. OPCW confirmed in a response to questions the report is authentic. The document was leaked to the British-based Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media made up of academics and PhD…
An incredible amount of disinformation on MH17 and Syria has been distributed by Kremlin controlled media like Sputnik and RT. Additionally notorious bloggers and ‘independant journalists’ add a lot of nonsense and cherry picking as well. Last but not least Kremlin officials spread clear disinformation. In a series of blogs I will show examples of…
Vanessa Beeley is a British blogger and daughter of former diplomat Harold Beeley. She is one of the most active bloggers in the Syria debate, always defending president Assad. The Guardian reported about two tools called Graphika and Menczer’s Hoaxy tool which both identify Beeley as among the most influential disseminators of content about the…
At February 14 Riam Dalati, a BBC Syria producer, sent a couple of Tweets about the alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria. Dalati used his personal Twitter account for this. He stated the hospital scene was staged. “No fatalities occured in the hospital”. And he also stated ” the attack did happen, Sarin wasn’t used”….