Lavrov: Moscow Has Questions about New US Policy in Syria
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Russia expects Washington to answer questions on the US new strategy in Syria in a frank and comprehensible way, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"When we hear about the new line of the United States, the line, which calls for creation of some local councils on the territory of sovereign Syrian Arab Republic, it most certainly raises questions on our part. We address these questions to Washington and expect to receive an honest and comprehensible answer," Lavrov said after a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari on Monday.
Furthermore, Lavrov described the US-led coalition's actions in Syria as "some odd things," pointing out multiple cases when terrorists deployed in areas controlled by "opposition backed by the US" were transferred to maintain resistance to the Syrian government forces' offensive on Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ‘ISIS/ISIL'] terrorists' positions were recorded.
"In particular, there were cases of a mass exodus of Daesh terrorists from Raqqa exactly when the US-led coalition was besieging the city. There were other incidents linked with our American colleagues trying to draw some lines beyond which the Syrian army should not go."
Lavrov's statement comes just a day after the Russian Defense Ministry compared the US-led coalition's operation in Raqqa to the bombing of Dresden during WWII.
The ministry's spokesman accused the coalition of trying to cover up the tracks of "barbaric" airstrikes that have "buried" thousands of Raqqa civilians during the campaign to liberate the former de-facto Daesh "capital" from Daesh.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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