FILE PICTURE: Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks during an interview with Reuters in Damascus June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government will not allow its enemies to benefit from the creation of de-escalation zones in western Syria, the Syrian deputy foreign minister has said, ahead of international talks on the zones scheduled for early July in Kazakhstan.
Russia and Iran - which back Damascus - reached agreement with opposition sponsor Turkey on the creation of four "de-escalation zones" in western Syria at talks in the Astana last month.
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