Of course Russian hackers were behind #SyriaHoax

A conspiracy theory about whether a chemical weapons attack was actually perpetrated by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started making the rounds shortly after that tragic incident shocked the world. 
Surprise, surprise, now we know Russian social media posts fueled that conspiracy, according to ABC.
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The conspiracy started with a pro-Assad website in Lebanon.
Al-Masdar News published a sto