“We demand the immediate withdrawal from Syria of all foreign forces present there illegally.

The United States is clearly not coping with the fight against terrorism even on a local, not to mention global, scale, ”RIA Novosti quotes Polyansky.

He also announced Russia's intention to continue the search for and elimination of Islamic State militants in Syria*.

Earlier, the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN stated that the United States is strengthening the positions of militants in Syrian Idlib.

* "Islamic State" (ISIS, ISIL) - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.