With Latest UN Conclusions, Will Khan Shaykhoun Truthers Continue Denying Facts?

When it comes to Syria, Assad’s apologists rarely admit to their factual misjudgments, and are unlikely to do so now.

A line art drawing of Seymour Hersh, one of the most prominent deniers of the Khan Shaykhoun chemical attack.

When the Syrian regime launched a series of chemical strikes on the town of Khan Shaykhoun last April, a slew of self-styled contrarians—journalists, academics, and activists alike—stepped up to explain away every possible detail that implicated …