A Syria-based nun has claimed that the chemical weapons attack in Syria last August was caused by rebel
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groups, contradicting claims by the United States and its allies that the attack was instigated by President Bashir Al-Assad.
Mother Superior Agnes Mariam de la Croix, a Lebanese nun who has lived in Syria for decades, released a report last month arguing that the chemical weapons video footage was manipulated to frame Assad’s regime.