supporting the syrian government rick stirling investigative journalist and member of the syria solidarity movement says washington is waging an info war i think this statement coming out on a sunday it's a little bit unusual it's an escalation of the information war they make reference to chemical weapons in there and interestingly enough this statement also includes a reference to a letter which is actually a very good comparison because the very same claims were being made or months ago when the the armed opposition groups were finally expelled from aleppo it was learned that the civilians were really joyful at finally being liberated and aleppo today the civilians are returning to rebuilding you still left other people walking east and west filled up well with fear it's a good comparison because the same claims were being made to vote he still let go. fourteen months ago that are now being used and it's basically a lot of false information accusations without evidence then and just let's call it what it is properly and. many media outlets have been quick to compare the situation in eastern good

this let's now cross live it to rick stirling an investigative journalist and member of the syria solidarity movement rick as always thanks for being with us here on our team international. so the white house statement blames russia and the syrian government for violating the cease fire agreement now is this even a reasonable charge. well the cease fire agreement explicitly excludes the terror groups that basically dominate the region so in areas that are there just a billion that's where the ceasefire applies in the areas that were the terrorists are launching mortars into damascus and our group that was explicitly excluded in point number two of the resolution so the statement also says russia is killing civilians under the false auspices of counterterrorism operations if you think that the white house seriously believes that russia wants to deliberately kill civilians even from a purely military point of view what would actually be the gain of this. well i think that i think the statement coming out on a sunday it's a little bit unusual press release on a sunday but it's an escalation of the infor