US Enlists Extremists To Attack Russian Troops In Syria: Official

Washington has provided Syrian extremist groups with drones and other advanced weapons to increase instability in the war-torn country

The Russian President’s Special Envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, has accused Washington of directing Syrian armed groups to carry out attacks against Russian troops in the country.

“There are indications that the Americans are specifying tasks for their forces from among the Syrian armed opposition to inflict the greatest amount of damage on Russian military forces in Syria,” Lavrentiev said on 26 January.

Lavrentiev added these attacks are planned not only against Russian forces in southern Syria but also in what is known as the Idlib de-escalation zone northwest of the country – patrolled by Russian and Turkish forces in line with a 2018 agreement.

“[The US] has begun … supplying [extremist groups] with modern weapons and modern drones so that it can carry out raids, including on the Hmeimim base.”

Hmeimim is a Russian-operated military base located southeast of the Syrian city of Latakia. Hostile, unidentified drones have approached the Hmeimim base in the past.

On 3 October, Idlib-based extremists launched a drone towards a crowded military college in the city of Homs, killing dozens of civilians and graduating officers.

Russian officials have repeatedly accused the US harboring and training extremist militants in Syria, particularly inside Washington’s Al-Tanf military base.

🔗Source: The Cradle

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To understand the situation better, one should be aware of a formerly classified DOD intelligence report written in 2012 that acknowledges the support of the opposition by western powers.

The US was supporting the opposition... identified to mainly be composed of Islamic extremists, including an Al-Qaeda offshoot, AQI.

2012 DOD Intelligence Document which predicted the rise of ISIS:

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