Lavrov: West will be ‘Al-Nusra accomplice’ if it fails to separate Syrian rebels from terrorists

‘If the West fails to exert pressure on opposition groups in Syria and force them to separate from Al-Nusra Front, this will make them “accomplices” of terrorists, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
“The fact that not only [United Nations Special Envoy for Syria] Steffan de Mistura but also Western media now say that it is Jabhat Al-Nusra [Al-Nusra Front] which attacks government positions in the south-western part of Aleppo proves that no one can turn a blind eye anymore,” Lavrov said at a news briefing in Moscow on Monday.
“We call on our international partners, you have influence over opposition groups to ask them to separate from Al-Nusra. If this does not happen, they are making themselves accomplices of Al-Nusra,” he added.’
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