(VOVworld) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said talks with the US on Syria are at a dead end, and Islamic State's advance to Palmyra may have been staged by the US and its allies to give Syrian rebels in Aleppo a respite.
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| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (second from left) at Belgrade airport (Photo: Tanjug) |
During a visit to Belgrade on Monday, Lavrov said Russia is ready to quickly negotiate with the US the opening of corridors for rebels to withdraw from Aleppo, but said the corridors would have to be agreed upon before any ceasefire could happen.
The same day ISIS fighters almost completely surrounded military airport T4, one of the largest and most important in Syria. They captured a large number of Russian weapons there, including anti-tank rockets and surface-to-air missiles.