BFF-63 Russia hopes West won’t ‘obstruct anti-terror operation’ in Syria’s Idlib: Lavrov

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Russia hopes West won’t ‘obstruct anti-terror operation’ in Syria’s Idlib:
Lavrov

MOSCOW, Aug 29, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on
Wednesday called on the West not to stand in the way of an “anti-terror
operation” in Syria’s Idlib, as speculation grows Damascus is planning a
Russian-backed offensive on the rebel-held province.

“I hope our Western partners will not give in to (rebel) provocations and
will not obstruct an anti-terror operation” in Idlib, Lavrov said at a press
conference with his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir in Moscow.

BSS/AFP/ARS/1907 hrs