{"id":389828,"date":"2018-12-20T05:15:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T04:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/presstv-russia-slams-us-presence-in-syria-as-obstacle-to-peace\/"},"modified":"2018-12-20T05:15:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T04:15:28","slug":"presstv-russia-slams-us-presence-in-syria-as-obstacle-to-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/presstv-russia-slams-us-presence-in-syria-as-obstacle-to-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"PressTV-Russia slams US presence in Syria as \u2018obstacle\u2019 to peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Russia has slammed the &#8220;illegal&#8221; presence of US troops in Syria as &#8220;a dangerous obstacle&#8221; to finding a peace settlement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From being a factor in the fight against terrorism, the illegal American presence in Syria is becoming a dangerous obstacle to the path to a settlement,&#8221; Russia&#8217;s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news briefing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The US has long been accused of providing safe passage and logistical support to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2018\/10\/31\/578676\/US-Syria-Daesh-Iraq-Jordan--Raqqah-SDF\"> Takfiri terrorists<\/a>, who have been fighting to topple the Damascus government since early 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, American military forces maintain a significant presence in Syria\u2019s north, where they openly support the anti-Damascus Kurdish militants.<\/p>\n<p>The US and its allies have also&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2018\/12\/19\/583415\/Russia-US-presence-Syria\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has slammed the &#8220;illegal&#8221; presence of US troops in Syria as &#8220;a dangerous obstacle&#8221; to finding a peace settlement. &#8220;From being a factor in the fight against terrorism, the illegal American presence in Syria is becoming a dangerous obstacle to the path to a settlement,&#8221; Russia&#8217;s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-389828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}