Russia tells U.S. to make sure Syrian opposition does not launch new offensive


  • World
  • Sunday, 18 Sep 2016

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday it had told the United States to rein in the Syrian opposition and make sure it did not launch a new offensive which Moscow warned would be met with full force by the Syrian army.

The ministry said in a statement it had told Washington about a concentration of militants in the north of Hama province and about what it said looked like possible attempts to launch an offensive.

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