Lavrov: Militants Being Trained in US-Controlled Area
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on the situation around the de-escalation zone in Syria's Eastern Ghouta and the training of militants in the areas near the town of al-Tanf.
"In this area, where Americans have unilaterally declared their territory around the al-Tanf and the Rookban refugee camps, very strange things are happening, including the training of militants, which is being conducted in order for them to continue fighting despite the ceasefire agreements fire," Lavrov said at a press conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi.
There is one US military base in Syria in the al-Tanf garrison, where training and equipment of armed Syrian opposition forces are conducted.
The Rookban refugee camp is located in the "security zone" next to the US military base al-Tanf, illegally deployed in April 2017 under the pretext of fighting terrorists.
Since 2016, the US has been training Free Syrian Army militants at its military base in al-Tanf, however, it has drawn criticism from Damascus and Moscow, with the latter asserting concerns that Washington was "spewing Daesh [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL' group] mobile groups who make inroads to launch subversive terrorist operations against Syrian troops and civilians."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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