ASTANA, November 11. /TASS/. The Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia) and other radicals have been more active in Syria of late, Russian Presidential Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev told reporters.

"Syria is facing social, economic and financial difficulties. Radical groups have become more active in western and eastern [Syria]. The so-called Islamic State [terror group] has been more active of late, too. All this raises alarm because there are forces seeking to destabilize the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic," the Russian diplomat said.

Lavrentyev called for preventing the chaos in Syria from spreading which he said would affect the situation in neighboring countries and destabilize the entire region.