In the US coalition responded to the accusations of Russia in “geographical absurdity”
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 — RIA Novosti. The coalition headed by the USA against the group “Islamic state” insist that the people of Syria “run” from the military operations carried out by the Syrian and Russian military.
“In General, people are fleeing to the North from Deir ez-Zor in order to avoid the operations carried out by the regime (of Syrian authorities — ed.) and Russia. There are reports that every day 200 people are fleeing to a refugee camp in Lukban in the South (of Syria),” — said RIA Novosti in the coalition.
Thus in the coalition commented on the statements of the defense Ministry, which stated that the us military distorts the real situation in Syria.
The statements of the defense Ministry, in turn, followed the statements of the commander of the special operations forces of the coalition, James Gerrard, who said that thousands of Arabs fleeing from Deir-ez-Zor in Mayadin, but not from Islamic state terrorists*, and from government forces. According to him, people go not to the South, inhabited by Arabs, and North into the territory controlled by the “Syrian democratic forces.”