Comment: It's quite evident that the only purpose these attacks serve is to further the goals of the US in Syria. See also: A Syrian 'gas attacks' timeline - Notice the pattern?

Comment: See also:

• Prior to any investigation US State Dept accuses Russia and Syria of gassing civilians
• Assad on verge of victory: Cue another chemical weapons stunt in Syria
• Jaysh al-Islam militants - likely perpetrators of any chemical weapon attack in Douma - suddenly enter negotiations with Syrian govt
• False-flag for war: New Syrian chemical weapons attack being reported by all the usual suspects

It looks like negotiations with Jaish al-Islam were resumed, and successfully concluded in the wake of this transparent false flag.

Comment: With his back up against the wall, a president's gotta do what he's gotta do!

Comment: What we know now is that the president has been swayed to keep US troops in Syria a 'little longer.' He was arm-twisted by Netanyahu, MbS and his advisors. If he compromised this time, what are his chances of success the next go-round?
See also:

• Syria: US may be setting up new military bases despite Trump's withdrawal promise
• While Trump wants to pull out of Syria, the military wants the opposite
• Syrian Showdown: Trump wants to leave, the Generals tell him to stay
• Trump doubles down on his challenge to US military leadership: "I want to get out of Syria, bring our troops home"
• Trump agrees to keep troops in Syria

Comment: See also:

• Hamza Bin Laden at it again: Calls for Saudi gov't to be ousted, end of US influence
• Next on Terror Theater: Crown Prince of Terror 'Bin Laden Jr.' makes first appearance on Twitter, courtesy Rita Katz
• Bin Laden's son 'actively engaged in terrorism' so US imposes sanctions
• Osama Bin Laden's son 'bent on avenging father's death' according to ex-FBI agent

Comment: See also:

• False flag for war: New Syrian chemical weapons attack being reported by all the usual suspects
• Russian MoD: Three attempts to use chemical weapons in Syria prevented last week
• Russian MoD gives warning: US is preparing a chemical false flag attack in Syria to justify US attack
• Moscow exposes Nusra's chemical attack in East Ghouta as Haley warns US ready to act in Syria
• Chickenhawk Macron: 'France ready to strike chemical weapons sites in Syria'
• Russian MoD: Syria's East Ghouta militants hold civilians hostage, plan 'chemical' provocations

Remember, Jaish al-Islam is the group that put Syrian civilians in cages on rooftops to act as human shields in order to discourage air strikes in East Ghouta. (Why would they even have bothered if Assad targets his own civilians?) Their leader praises Osama Bin Laden. Chemical weapons labs have been discovered in the liberated portions of East Ghouta. The terrorists have means, motive and opportunity, but idiots like Trump blame "Animal Assad". Give us a break. Donate your brain to science, because it's obvious you don't need it.

The Russian military, via the head of the Reconciliation Center in Syria, refuted the reports of the alleged attack, saying:

"We declare our readiness, after Douma is liberated from the militants, to immediately send Russian radiation, chemical and biological protection specialists to collect data that will confirm the fabricated nature of these allegations," he stated.

Yevtushenko said that "a number of Western countries" are trying to prevent the resumption of an operation aimed at driving militants from the city of Douma.

"For this purpose, the use of chemical weapons by Syrian government forces - one of the most widespread claims in the West - is being used," he added.

Even the propaganda source SOHR has refused to confirm the attack, "and said casualties might have been a result of fire and toxic smoke following a conventional airstrike."

Thus Reuters, while admitting it "could not independently verify reports of a chemical attack," sought a comment from another obscure organization, the Syrian American Medical Society. A US-based SAMS representative claimed that, while a "chlorine bomb hit Douma hospital," another nearby building was targeted by a barrel-bomb containing a mix that included "nerve agents."

And how would they know? Ahh, it must be their jihadist chemical weapons experts on the ground in Douma. Of course!

Even Turkey has jumped on the bandwagon, saying they have "strong suspicions" Damascus is behind the alleged attack.

This is the background on what has actually been happening in Douma: the terrorists are desperate:

The situation in Douma escalated after Jaysh al-Islam militants breached all agreements, shelling Damascus and terrorizing civilians to derail evacuations, the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria said in its daily report, issued before the claims of a chemical attack emerged.

"The Jaysh al-Islam militants carried out a number of attacks against the SAA [Syrian Armed Forces] positions and conducted mortar and missile shelling against Damascus," the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria said Saturday. "Over the last 48 hours, militants fired 25 mines and rocket projectiles at the capital and its suburbs. As a result, seven civilians were killed and 42 people injured. Shelling attacks are intensifying."

Terrorists also continue to use civilians as human shields, the MoD noted, adding that militants are "publicly executing civilians" who support the withdrawal of militants from Douma.

"Jaysh al-Islam terrorists breached [the] Douma agreement by attacking with mortar and rocket shells several residential areas of Damascus, claiming lives and injuring dozens of civilians, including women and children," Sana meanwhile reported.

The U.S. is "reviewing its options" - which is ridiculous given that they don't have a freaking clue what has even happened yet:

The EU claimed on Sunday that there is "evidence" pointing to "another chemical attack" conducted by Damascus. It provided no specific details to substantiate the claim. Instead, the bloc called for an immediate "international response" and urged Russia and Iran to use their influence to prevent any similar incidents in future.

Damascus rejected the accusations, calling them "boring and inconclusive propaganda." Only countries that "speculate on the blood of civilians and support terrorism in Syria" could be convinced by such reports, a Syrian Foreign Ministry official told SANA news agency. They pointed out that similar allegations emerge every time the Syrian Army makes advances in its fight against terrorists. The official added that Damascus had warned about a pre-planned false-flag attack.

Assad, once again, is the sane one. The Russian Foreign Ministry too:

The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the latest reports about a chemical attack that allegedly affected dozens of civilians in the militant-controlled town of Douma. It said the reports were another example of a "continuous series of fake news about the use of chlorine and other chemical agents by the government forces."
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"The goal of this... baseless speculation is to shield the terrorists and... the radical opposition that refuse to engage in a political settlement [process], as well as to justify potential military strikes from the outside," the statement said. It then warned that any military interference in Syria conducted under "far-fetched or fabricated pretexts" would be "absolutely unacceptable" and could lead to "dire consequences."

The Russian and Syrian air forces are on red alert after Trump's idiotic tweets.

Comment: Heartless, just heartless. But that is the way of failing empires.

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