...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
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Lavrov made the remarks at the meeting of a panel discussion on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2016 (SPIEF 2016) on Thursday.
Russia has long insisted that the so-called moderate opposition groups in Syria, supported by the US, should leave the areas held by Nusra Lion of Islams. However,
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Washington has asked Moscow not to conduct
Lavrov said the US claims to be unable to pull the opposition groups out of the territories controlled by terrorists.
"I have the impression that some game is being played here and they want perhaps to preserve al-Nusra in some form and then use it to overthrow" the government of Assad, he added.