Moscow Urges London to Clarify Whether Founder of ‘White Helmets’ Had Links to Al-Qaeda

AP Photo Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets

The comment comes in the aftermath of a statement by the UK Foreign Office’s Minister for the Middle East, Andrew Murrison, in which he claimed that the White Helmets was subjected to a massive disinformation campaign by Syria and Russia.

Instead of condemning the criticism of the White Helmets group by Moscow and Damascus, London should rather clarify whether the founder of this group, who is known to have previously served in the UK foreign intelligence, had links to al-Qaeda*, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

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