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ISIS militants captured a stockpile of chemical weapons during an attack in Syria on Wednesday in which a number of al-Nusra jihadists and members of pseudo-humanitarian organisation the White Helmets were killed.
Russian military spokesman Major General Vladimir Savchenko accused Western countries of helping the jihadist terror group acquire chemical weapons following the attack.
He explained that the battle, which happened near the village of Ltamenah on October 9, saw Isis-affiliated jihadists raid a Syrian command centre of a group linked to al-Qaida.
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
