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The US coalition stated that they did not hinder the removal of refugees from the Er-Rukban camp

3/3/2019, 4:49:39 PM

The representative of the US coalition to fight the IG *, Colonel of the US Army Shawn Ryan said that its representatives did not prevent the removal of refugees from the Syrian camp "Al-Rukban."


“The coalition has never denied anyone anything that is connected with humanitarian efforts or the return of internally displaced persons, and the mission of the coalition is still to permanently defeat the IG,” Ryan Novosti quotes Ryan.

On March 2, Lieutenant-General Sergei Solomatin, head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, said that the American side had refused to allow transport convoys to the territory of the Al-Tanf zone to transport refugees from the Er Rukban camp.

On February 27, in a joint statement by the coordinating headquarters of Russia and Syria, they stated that the United States was hindering the exit of refugees from the Er-Rukban camp, spreading false rumors among the population.

It was also reported that Syria will open two humanitarian corridors for refugees camp "Er-Rukban."

* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization is recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.