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Lavrov: US Must Leave the Area It Controls In S Syria

Lavrov: US Must Leave the Area It Controls In S Syria
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US troops must immediately shut down their zone of control in Southern Syria in the area of al-Tanf, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, speaking at Valdai Club conference on Middle East in Moscow.

Lavrov: US Must Leave the Area It Controls In S Syria

The area on Syria's border with Jordan, which Washington designated as a "de-confliction zone" under its protection, hosts the Rukban refugee camp, Lavrov said on Monday.

Russia believes the camp to be a recruiting ground for militant groups and blames the US for restricting humanitarian access to it.

"This zone must be shut down immediately. And deliveries of humanitarian aid must be allowed into the camp," the minister said.

Lavrov added that efforts aimed at reducing violence in south-western Syria - an area that Russia designated as a "de-escalation zone," which is located near the "Israeli"-occupied border some 250km from the US-controlled zone - now must focus on pushing all non-Syrian troops out of that region.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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