A group of British academics was secretly in contact with Russian diplomats in four separate embassies as they worked to undermine evidence that Bashar al-Assad was using chemical weapons against his own people, according to emails seen by The Daily Beast.
The Daily Beast: Syria chemical attack deniers admit links to WikiLeaks and Russia
People stand in front of symbolic coffins with pictures of Syrian victims and inscriptions which translates as "killer Asad" and "killer Putin" during a protest against Russia for its alleged role in a chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib, on April 7, 2017, in front of the Russian embassy, in Ankara.