Lavrov calls on US to fulfill promises on Syria

  25 August 2016    Read: 785
Lavrov calls on US to fulfill promises on Syria
The US should do what it promised to do regarding separating the moderate Syrian opposition from terrorists instead of making claims regarding Damascus allegedly using chemical weapons, Sputnik reported Aug. 25 citing Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
On Aug. 24, the US called on Russia and Iran to join efforts to seek accountability for those responsible for using chemical weapons in Syria, after the United Nations released the results of a probe into chemical weapons attacks in Syria in 2014 and 2015 that implicated the Syrian government and the “Islamic State” terrorist organization (aka IS, ISIL, ISIS or Daesh).

”They should look in the mirror and do what they have been promising to do since January – to separate the opposition which they consider loyal from terrorists. They cannot do this, they are either unable to do this or do not want to do it,” Lavrov told reporters.

Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to President Bashar Assad fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups. On Feb. 27, a US-Russia brokered ceasefire came into force in Syria. Terrorist groups, which maintain a heavy presence in Aleppo, are not part of the deal.

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