Syria & Russia call on the US to withdraw from areas it occupies in Syria

Moscow (ST): The Syrian and Russian Coordination Committees on the return of the displaced Syrians have reiterated that the US and its allies’ occupation of some Syrian territories exacerbates  the suffering of civilians. The committees  demanded  Washington to stop destabilizing the situation in Syria, and to commit to international law and the UN principles and pull out from the areas it occupies.

In a joint statement, the two committees called on the United States to halt its practices that  aim at destabilizing the situation in Syria and strictly commit to international law, stressing that the US and its allies’ occupation of some Syrian territories worsens the suffering of civilians and postpones the return of peaceful life to the country.

The statement pointed out  that Washington and its mercenaries of terrorists in al-Tanf area on the Syrian-Jordanian borders and in the vicinity of Al-Rokban camp for the displaced Syrians, are forcing the detained men and their families in the camp to join the armed terrorist groups under the control of the US occupation forces in return for allowing them to live in the camp and obtain food for their families,  and this is according to testimonies given by terrorists affiliated to the so-called “Maghawer Althawra” backed by the US occupation forces.

The statement indicated that the terrorists in al-Rokban area were depriving the refugees who refused to join them from getting food aid.

The US occupation forces are detaining thousands of Syrian refugees in al-Tanf area near the Syrian Jordanian borders under very harsh circumstances in parallel with plundering Syria oil resources in the areas it occupies.

K.Q.