The US State Department distributes statement, Washington stands for complete cessation of hostilities in southern Syria - the provinces of Daraa and Quneitra. stated, that this topic is raised during the recent talks of Foreign Minister of the United States Mike Pompeo with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Pompeo said, warned that "the forces of the Assad regime and its Russian allies from unilateral actions".
Notably, that these statements were made by the State Department on the same day, militants groups, affiliated with "al-Qaeda" (*banned in Russia), We tried to make a breakthrough Syrian government army positions in the Golan Heights. In this case, it is clear, that the aim of the terrorists was not so much a breakthrough as such, as the desire to force the CAA to make fire, that could somehow affect the neighboring Israeli territory. The militants are well aware, that in case of contact with any ammunition CAA into Israeli territory (even if this territory is disputed belonging Damascus) Israeli troops necessarily strike - and that the positions of the CAA.
The State Department said, that concern are watching, as the Syrian troops being moved to the south of the country's fresh and new military equipment. We are talking about the artillery pieces, many of which are installed in the back of a truck, of the tank T-72, pickups, armed with heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.
Somehow, the US State Department did not express concerns, when terrorists at the time were close to, to fully take Damascus.
by the way, the State Department did not respond to the question of, what measures are going to take the United States in the event of CAA operations in Daraa and Quneitra.
