Sergey Naryshkin, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said the United States is training militants of the international terrorist organization Islamic State (a banned organization in Russia) at its military base in Syria to destabilize the situation in the country. TASS.
According to him, the USA does not hide its discomfort with the successes in Syria, so the Americans are trying to change the situation in this country.
Naryshkin added that “As a customary tool for the implementation of their subversive plans, American intelligence services are planning to re-use the extremists, now called the “moderate opposition”, and that this activity is controlled by the US base “Et-Tanf”, Syria. It is close to the borders of Jordan and Iraq.
The head of the SVR claims that dozens of IS fighters are trained there and their ranks are regularly replenished by terrorists released from prisons in northeastern Syria. Naryshkin said the trucks delivered small arms, ammunition and anti-tank missile systems to the camps.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with colleagues from Syria, Turkey and Iran. declarationHe said the United States had formed a “Free Syrian Army” with the participation of ISIS militants to further destabilize the situation in the country.