Russia’s defense ministry said Friday that only Moscow and the Syrian government were fulfilling a truce deal hammered out with the United states. “Although the ceasefire agreement is bilateral, only one side is truly implementing it,” defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
Russia expects the United States to conduct details talks with the armed Syrian opposition unwilling to comply with this week’s ceasefire, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Sputnik on Friday. Bogdanov said in an interview that some of the armed groups “place themselves outside these agreements and in effect ...