Russia: US refusing to face reality on Douma attack

Russia says the United States is refusing to accept the reality over an alleged chemical attack near the Syrian capital, Damascus, for which Moscow says there is no evidence.

“You see the unconstructive position that some countries including the US have taken. They are refusing to face reality,” Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday.

“None of them is talking about the need for an unbiased investigation,” he added.

The allegations against the Syrian government have been flying around as Damascus and its ally Moscow are within an inch of defeating foreign-backed militants in Douma, their last stronghold in Eastern Ghouta. The militants have been using the civilians there as human shields and launching deadly rocket attacks against the capital from the countryside.

In the course of the liberation operation in Eastern Ghouta, which began in February, Moscow has repeatedly warned that the militants in the region could stage gas attacks in a bid to frame the Syrian government.

EA