DOHA, December 7. /TASS/. Terrorists shouldn’t be allowed to seize land in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the Doha Forum.
"It is unacceptable to allow a terrorist group to take control of territories in violation of existing agreements, starting with UN Security Council Resolution 2254, which strongly affirms the sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of Syria," Lavrov said.
On November 27, the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group (banned in Russia) carried out a major attack in northern Syria. The Syrian military command later said the army had to fall back from Aleppo to regroup and prepare for a counterattack.
On December 5, the command of the Syrian Armed Forces announced that militants infiltrated into several neighborhoods of Hama. According to a statement from the command, government forces in charge of defending Hama were pulled out of the city.