Douma news
Get breaking news and reports from RT in Douma, which is a city in Syria, located not far away from the center of the Syrian capital, Damascus. Douma is one of the main cities in the Ghouta region. Follow RT for history and geography news from Douma and Ghouta. On April 7, 2018, a chemical attack was allegedly carried out in the city of Douma, reportedly killing over 70 people. Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) went to Douma on April 21, 2018, and said that chemical weapons were used there. Find the news and details about attacks and incidents happening in Douma, including the Ghouta chemical attack.
- West cited ‘fake news’ to justify bombing Syria, MEP tells RT after confronting ‘compromised’ OPCW chief over Douma report
MEP Mick Wallace has made no apologies for grilling OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias during a parliamentary session, telling RT that Arias seemed to be using the organization to back the West’s interventionist agenda in Syria.Apr 17, 2021 13:02World News - OPCW director worried truth about Syria ‘chemical attack’ report would feed ‘Russian narrative’While praising the OPCW whistleblower’s integrity and professionalism, one director worried that seeking truth about the altered report on a “chemical attack” in Syria might help Russia, which he denounced as the enemy.Dec 7, 2020 23:57World News
- Former OPCW director defends Douma whistleblowers as ‘extremely competent’, slams media for creating ‘wall of silence’The former head of the OPCW has defended the whistleblowers who alleged that it engaged in a cover-up of exonerating evidence in Douma, arguing efforts to silence him prove the dissenters right.Oct 19, 2020 18:38World News
- How rock star Roger Waters was hung out to dry by Amnesty and Bellingcat for his views on Syrian ‘chemical attack’A leaked phone call, first reported by The Grayzone, reveals Amnesty was pressured to ignore the humanitarian work of Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters – a skeptic of the Douma ‘chemical attack’ that prompted Western powers to bomb Syria.Oct 14, 2020 14:38
- Russia slams ‘disgraceful’ ban on founding OPCW chief speaking at UN Security Council on Syria, PUBLISHES his speech unilateralyAn ex-OPCW chief, sacked under US pressure, has been barred from briefing the UN Security Council about a controversial probe into an alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria. Russia called it a “shame” and published his speech.Oct 6, 2020 19:28Russia & Former Soviet Union
- New doc & THIRD whistleblower hit OPCW for throwing dirt at leakers claiming Douma account was fabricated — reportA third whistle-blower has come forward to corroborate the previous complaints that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) tried to suppress evidence-gathering in the Douma probe, a report says.Feb 11, 2020 14:43World News
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