Reuters, 21/04 17:32 CET
By John Irish and Rodi Said
GENEVA/QAMISHLI, Syria
(Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it was concerned about
reports that Russia is moving more military equipment into Syria to
bolster President Bashar al-Assad, with a truce in tatters and peace
talks in meltdown.
A U.S. official separately said Russia has been
repositioning artillery to northern Syria – a move that may suggest the
Syrian government and its allies are preparing another assault on the
divided city of Aleppo.
The arrival of Russian reinforcements would risk driving
the war into an even higher gear after the effective collapse of the
truce and U.N.-led peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending a five-year war
that has killed at least 250,000 people.
Russia’s defence ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura will on Friday
assess whether Geneva talks can go on with the main opposition
negotiators refusing to participate and combatants accusing each other
of breaking the six-week-old ceasefire.
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Source: Euronews
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