US DoS Not Commenting on Possible Terrorists' Provocations Prepared in Syria

The US Department of State does not comment on the reports of possible provocations using sarin gas by terrorists in Syria.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Department of State does not comment on the reports about preparations for provocations with the use of sarin by terrorists in Syria, a representative of the department told Sputnik on Sunday.

"We have nothing on this issue," the representative said.

Earlier in the day, a military-diplomatic source told Sputnik that the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham terrorist group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front and outlawed in Russia, was preparing provocations at a storage in Syria's Idlib with the use of sarin gas in the towns of Khan Sheikhoun and Kefraya.

The source added that a group of foreign citizens including those from the United States and Turkey as well as one of the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham’s senior leaders had arrived in Idlib to take part in the preparations.