Baladi - War Monitors
Russian presidential envoy Alexander Lavrentyev has threatened to eliminate Syrian opposition factions that resist being deported to the northern stronghold of Idlib, according to Syria Call news agency.
The comments, which came during the ninth round of peace talks in Astana, also made reference to groups in Eastern Ghouta who had struggled against the Syrian regime’s onslaught last month, with Lavrentyev vowing that those who did not accept forced displacement would meet the same fate.
The Russian-led Syria talks came to an end yesterday afternoon, after failing to edge the seven-year conflict closer to a political settlement, casting the future of diplomatic efforts to end the crisis into uncertainty.
Source: Middle East Monitor