The mainstream media (MSM) and pro-militant media outlets and activists have launched a new propaganda campaign against the Syrian-Iranian-Russian alliance operating against terrorists in Syria.
As the race for Deir Ezzor province involving the Syrian-Iranian-Russian alliance and the US-led coalition has reached its turning point with breaking of the ISIS siege on Deir Ezzor city and Deir Ezzor Airport by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and launching of the “al-Jazeera Tempest” campaign by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), fresh media reports started appearing about “chemical attacks” conducted by the Assad regime and multiple civilian casualties as a result of the pro-government forces actions.
On September 10, the Sham Liberation Army, one of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) groups, accused the Syrian Air Forces of conducting a chemical weapons attack during four air raids against its headquaters in the Syrian desert.
— جيش تحرير الشام (@threralsam) 10 September 2017
The group even released a photo of the munition allegedly containing a “toxic gas” that had been used.
الطيران الحربي يستهدف مقرات #جيش_تحرير_الشام بالغازات السامة بأكثر من أربعة غارات في البادية السورية pic.twitter.com/kq0nXKszpz
— جيش تحرير الشام (@threralsam) 10 September 2017
On September 11, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claimed that at least 34 civilians were killed in Deir Ezzor when the Russian Aerospace Forces bombed ferries carrying them across the Euphrates River. According to SOHR head Rami Abdel Rahman, Russian warplanes bombed “more than 40 ferries” (!) with civilians had attempted to reach the eastern shore of the Euhprates near Al-Boulil town southwest of Deir Ezzor city.
#UPDATE At least 34 civilians were killed when Russian warplanes targeted ferries crossing Euphrates River https://t.co/kjkkQuMM0s pic.twitter.com/FaRx0RwGij
— AFP news agency (@AFP) 10 September 2017
In other words, the SOHR aruged that the Russian Aerospace Forces were bombing civilians fleeing from the SAA advancing against ISIS. The French Agence France-Presse even made a map on the issue. Unfortunately, the map does not show the location of Al-Boulil.
According to Syrian experts, the number of such reports will likely increase as the SDF and the SAA compete for the remaining ISIS-held areas in eastern Syria.
