"Terrorist organizations, following the implementation of the Russian-Turkish agreements and as a result of their fear of isolation, are now engaged in various kinds of provocations," Zakharova told a news conference.

"We are still receiving information on simulations of chemical attacks prepared by terrorists on a large scale in Idlib and allegedly carried out by government forces," she said.
It is very worrying that civilians abducted by terrorists, including women and children, may be victims of such acts," Zakharova said.

On September 12, the Russian Defense Ministry warned that terrorists were preparing for a real chemical attack against civilians in Idlib in preparation for the Syrian army to take charge of it later, noting that they kidnapped 22 children with their relatives from Aleppo countryside and a group of orphans for use in the attack.