#DisinfoReview: The pro-Kremlin toolbox for disinformation about chemical attacks

Today, the UN-OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) is about to release a report on who was responsible for a chemical attack on 4 April on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria. Predictably we saw this week how the pro-Kremlin disinformation machine prepared for the date of publication with efforts to sow mistrust in the investigation and confuse the public about this tragedy.

The most recent strategy was to imply that the US has admitted that the chemical attack might have been committed by terrorists, and hence the US missile strike on Shayrat Airbase was a waste of money. The US has not stated any such thing.