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The chief of the General staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov , accused the United States in the training of former militants of the Islamic state in Syria.
This General Gerasimov said in an interview with «Komsomolskaya Pravda», — reports Reuters.
Speech, the General said, talking about the military base at TANF, located in southern Syria near the border with Iraq. Gerasimov said that the base was illegal, and she actually became the «black hole», where militants operate freely.
We will remind, the Islamic state this year have lost almost all their territory in Syria and Iraq.
The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday the news Agency RIA that the main part of the fight against ISIS in Syria ended.
The United States argued previously that the base Floor of TANF is temporary and is used to train allied forces to fight ISIS.
But, according to General Valery Gerasimov, the United States trained fighters, who had previously been militants from the Islamic state, but now changed their names and call themselves the New Syrian army.
Gerasimov added that Russian satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles found Stryker brigade combat team at the U.S. base.
«In fact, they train there. Yes, they take other names, but in fact is an Islamic state. Their task — to destabilize the situation in the country», — said the chief of the General staff.
While Russia partially withdrew troops from Syria, Gerasimov noted that they hold the airbase and naval base, and in a good position to combat sources of instability, if any.
