First, the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front is to be blamed for violating and jeopardising the truce.
"The Nusra terrorist group is active in Aleppo and Idlib today and it is the main obstacle for the further extension of the cessation of hostilities," the defence ministry said, accusing the group of exploiting the truce to rearm and regroup.
Second, the US is to be blamed for failing to separate the "moderate opposition units they control from terrorists. That is why further postponing by our American partners in that effort doesn’t only discredit the so called moderate opposition but leads to undermining the peace process".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned the deadline to back away from al-Nusra will expire this week.
And third, the Turkey border is still being used to smuggle weapons to "terrorists" in Syria.
"The number of heavy trucks moving from the Turkish-Syrian borders to the region of Azaz (Aleppo province) …and to the region of Darat Izza (Idlib province) has increased significantly," the defence ministry said.
The statements followed Washington's refusal to take up an offer from Moscow to cooperate in the "fight against terrorism" in Syria. And the Russian authorities didn't hide their displeasure.
These statements are being made for a reason. Moscow may be justifying and paving the way for a large scale offensive against al-Nusra.........http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/middleeast/2016/06/syria-civil-war-message-moscow-nusra-160604163154005.html
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