MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. Tahrir al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front outlawed in Russia) terrorists, who are lording over Syria’s Idlib, are not giving up on staging false flag attacks using chemical weapons against civilians, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday.

"Tensions around the Idlib de-escalation zone are not on the decline," Zakharova pointed out. "The militants of the al-Nusra allied Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, who are running the show there, do not only shell nearby settlements on a daily basis, but are also actively building up their contingents near the contact line with the Syrian government forces," she noted.

The diplomat voiced serious concerns over incoming reports that the terrorists "have not abandoned efforts to stage a chemical attack against civilians."

Zakharova noted that according to reports, a group of activists from the notoriously bogus humanitarian group, the White Helmets, has prepped some Idlib hospitals in order to film these anticipated provocations.