“The presence in Syria of the forces of the so-called international coalition led by the United States has no legal basis ... and must be immediately stopped.

Moreover, the United States is clearly not coping with the task of combating terrorism in Syria, ”RIA Novosti quotes the diplomat.

According to him, the gray zone of At-Tanf, where the militants of Magavir As-Saura operate, also causes concern.

Efimov stressed that terrorists are not divided into "good and bad".

“The longer the Americans stay here, the more powerful the time bomb they plant can turn out to be,” he said.

The ambassador noted that the illegal presence of the United States in the northeast of the SAR hinders the elimination of the remaining militants of the Islamic State* terrorist group.

As stated on February 26, 2021 at the Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, the American command continues to forcibly detain refugees in the Syrian camp "Rukban", which confirms the US interest in maintaining a "conveyor line" there for training extremists.

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