douma
Americannoun
noun
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The instructor stated a chemical weapons attack in the Syrian city of Douma in 2018, by the Russian-backed Assad regime, was a "canonical example of fake news", ignoring findings of a two-year investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirming the attacks were carried out by the Syrian Air Force.
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They included the April 2018 attack on Douma, in the Eastern Ghouta, when a Syrian air force helicopter is believed to have dropped two cylinders filled with highly concentrated chlorine gas on two apartment buildings, killing at least 43 people.
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Russia also negotiated ceasefires and deals for the surrender of rebel-held towns and cities, such as Douma in 2018.
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In Aleppo, Douma and elsewhere, the regime forces besieged rebel-held areas, cutting off food and medicine supplies, and proceeded to bomb them until armed opposition groups surrendered.
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"Russia's crimes here were indescribable," says Ahmed Taha, a rebel commander in Douma, six miles north-east of the capital Damascus.
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