Syrian Medics Say Were Coerced Into False Chemical Attack Testimony

Syrian orthopaedic surgeon Mohammed al-Hanash, at his Douma clinic on December 21, 2024, says he and other medical staff were summoned by national security after the 2018 chemical attack (Credit: AFP)

Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack.

The three, who treated the wounded at a field hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus after the April 7, 2018 attack, said they were summoned to national security headquarters.