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Shelling Of Aleppo Reveals Western Double Standards

Syria has accused four countries of double standards for refusing to label Ahrar ash-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam as terrorist organisations while Aleppo comes under shelling from rebel groups. A letter sent to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon by the Syrian Foreign Ministry accuses US, France, Britain and Ukraine of helping terrorist groups in Syria. Sputnik reports: “The refusal of the US, France, Britain and Ukraine in the UN Security Council to list Ahrar ash-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam as terrorist organizations proves that those countries continue their double standard policy in fighting terrorism and shows their irresponsible attitude to the issue,” the document read. The ministry also noted that aggressive actions by militant groups in Syria, including Ahrar ash-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam, is an attempt to undermine the Syrian peace process in Geneva. Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that al-Nusra Front terrorists and Ahrar ash-Sham militants had shelled Syrian government forces in Aleppo. “Militants from al-Nusra Front and Ahrar ash-Sham armed group conducted a mortar attack against the positions of [Syrian] government forces in the district of Ansar in Aleppo’s southwest,” a spokesman of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation at the Hmeymim airbase said. The attack with the use of mortars and multiple launch rocket systems [...]