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Thursday, June 21, 2018
US warns Russia, Syria on cease-fire violations
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United States is warning Russia and Syria’s President Bashar Assad of “serious repercussions” for violations of an unraveling ceasefire in southwest Syria.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says the US remains “deeply troubled” by reports of “increasing Syrian regime operations” within the boundaries of the truce. She says US reports show that Assad’s forces and militias have violated the cease-fire with airstrikes, rocket attacks and artillery.
Nauert says the US demands that Russia “restrain” Assad’s forces from further action in the zone covered by the truce. She says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo relayed that message to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov by phone over the weekend.
The US says it expects “all parties to respect the cease-fire.”
— AP
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