Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a plead to his US counterpart John Kerry during a telephone conversation on Wednesday to adhere to its commitment of separating the supposed moderate opposition from terrorist forces.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that Lavrov mentioned Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front) had been receiving foreign support and American weapons to John Kerry.
In an interview with German-language daily Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger earlier this week, a Fateh al-Sham commander, identified only as Abu al-Ezz, confirmed that the US is supporting the terror group, saying, “The Americans are on our side.”
“Once again, Lavrov drew attention to the fact that a number of anti-government units, which Washington calls ‘moderate’, had not only refused to stick to the September 9 Russian-US agreement for strengthening the ceasefire and providing humanitarian access, but were instead merging with Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and continued military operations against the Syrian army side by side with those al-Qaeda units,” the Russian Foreign Ministry added.
