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Russian Diplomat: 15,000 Foreign ’’Terrorists’’ in Syria
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is battling al Qaeda-backed "terrorists" including at least 15,000 foreign fighters who will seize towns across Syria if government troops withdraw, a Russian diplomat said on Thursday.
Addressing a one-day humanitarian forum on Syria at the United Nations in Geneva, Russia's deputy ambassador Mikhail Lebedev said rebels had recently committed large-scale attacks against Syrian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals.
Rebel groups attack, kill, torture and intimidate the civilian population. The flow of all kind of terrorists from some neighboring countries is always increasing," Lebedev told the forum.
Asked by Reuters how many foreign fighters were believed to be in Syria, he said at least 15,000.
Lebedev told Reuters the information about al Qaeda links in Syria was an "unambiguous fact" but declined to say if Russia would provide the UN with evidence to back its allegation Syrian rebels were committing torture.
Lebedev said attempts to force Assad to rein in his troops unilaterally would be counterproductive.
Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is battling al Qaeda-backed "terrorists" including at least 15,000 foreign fighters who will seize towns across Syria if government troops withdraw, a Russian diplomat said on Thursday.
Addressing a one-day humanitarian forum on Syria at the United Nations in Geneva, Russia's deputy ambassador Mikhail Lebedev said rebels had recently committed large-scale attacks against Syrian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals.
Rebel groups attack, kill, torture and intimidate the civilian population. The flow of all kind of terrorists from some neighboring countries is always increasing," Lebedev told the forum.Asked by Reuters how many foreign fighters were believed to be in Syria, he said at least 15,000.
Lebedev told Reuters the information about al Qaeda links in Syria was an "unambiguous fact" but declined to say if Russia would provide the UN with evidence to back its allegation Syrian rebels were committing torture.
Lebedev said attempts to force Assad to rein in his troops unilaterally would be counterproductive.
Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org
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