Syrian Army on Monday found a clandestine workshop for the manufacture of chemical munitions, reports said.

According to reports militants in Eastern Ghouta planned a chemical attack provocation to put blame on Damascus.

The Syrian government forces found the workshop while sweeping through the village of Aftris in Eastern Ghouta after militants withdrew from the community, Syrian Arab Army Colonel Feruz Ibrahim told reporters on Monday.

“Presumably, the equipment of these munitions could be produced as part of a false flag accusation that government troops used chemical weapons,” he said.

Recently, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said that militants in Eastern Ghouta may stage a chemical attack in order to blame the Syrian government for it.

Syrian Deputy-Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad stressed that Damascus was ready to assist any investigation of chemical attacks in Syria but the international organizations declined to cooperate with the Syrian government.

Last week, the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation informed that terrorists were planning provocations involving chemical weapons in Eastern Ghouta.

In its turn, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed that Syria’s efforts to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile had been completed.

Source: Agencies