Russia's top diplomat said it was 'completely unacceptable' for U.S. officials to hint at potential talks with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadi coalition in Syria's northwestern Idlib province.
Russia's top diplomat has warned against any U.S. effort to hold talks with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militant group, a jihadi coalition on the frontlines of a violent struggle for Syria's northwestern Idlib province.
Lavrov said Monday that Jeffrey and other Washington officials have"repeatedly made statements that mean that they consider Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to not be a terrorist organization as such and that it would be possible under certain circumstances to enter into a dialogue with it." He added,"this is not the first time we hear such transparent hints, and we consider them completely unacceptable.
In Idlib, U.S. officials have joined NATO ally Turkey in accusing Syria and Russia of killing civilians and have expressed concerns of a possible humanitarian disaster resulting from their latest offensive."Hundreds of thousands of tents on our border and possible migration to Europe are consequences of the brutal Assad regime and its supporters," the Turkish Defense Ministry tweeted Monday.
Ankara also has soldiers deployed to Syria, where they back other rebel factions fighting both pro-Syrian government forces and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters. These Turkish troops have increasingly become part of the conflict themselves, however, as Damascus' lightning gains in Idlib and Aleppo resulted in a series of direct, deadly exchanges between the two neighboring countries earlier this month.
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