Russian diplomats brought alleged "witnesses" from Syria, including an 11-year-old child, to the headquarters of the global chemical weapons watchdog in the Netherlands to disprove allegations of a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government. Shulgin is Russia's ambassador to the Netherlands and representative to the global chemical weapons watchdog. The three nations have blamed Syria for the suspected chemical attack in Douma and launched airstrikes a week later, on April 14, targeting suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities. The suspected poison gas attack has sparked an ongoing clash of narratives between the West and the governments of Syria and its key ally, Russia. Damascus and Moscow insist there was no chemical weapons attack.

Source: ABC News April 26, 2018 08:48 UTC