Konflikten i Syrien

US asks Russia not to target Al-Qaeda in Syria

Washington has asked Moscow not to conduct airstrikes against al-Nusra Front, which is Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, for fear that members of the “moderate opposition” could also be hit, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reported.

“They [the US] are telling us not to hit it [al-Nusra Front], because there are also ‘normal’ opposition groups [on those territories],” Lavrov said in an interview with local Russian media that was published on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.

The minister also stressed that “such opposition groups should leave terrorist positions,” adding that “we have long agreed on that.” Russia first set a deadline for the “moderate” opposition to leave territories occupied by al-Nusra Front extremists, but then agreed to give them more time to withdraw.

Syrian Army Wins Back New Areas in Southern Aleppo

The army units are now in full control of the village of Zeitan, Burnah, and Hummayra in Southern Aleppo province.

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Terrorist groups breach cessation of hostilities 10 times in 24 hours, towns joined the agreement reach 133

Lattakia, SANA – Terrorist groups breached the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria 10 times in the past 24 hours, 8 in Aleppo and two in Damascus, raising the total number of breaches to 626 since the agreement came into effect on 27 February, the Russian Coordination Center said.

The center, based in Hmeimim airbase, added in a statement on Saturday that terrorists of the so-called Jaish al-Islam targeted the residential neighborhoods of al-Midan, al-Khalediya, Old city and al-Assad suburb in Aleppo city with mortar round and rocket launchers 2 times, as well as Masaken Barzeh and a number of farms in Damascus countryside.

The center said that the cessation of hostilities agreement is holding in most Syrian areas where the number of towns which have joined the cessation of hostilities agreement reached 133, while the number of armed groups which announced commitment to the agreement remained at 60.