Islamist militants attack Russian base, pose threat to Syria’s stability | | AW
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is deeply concerned by what he said was ethnic cleansing being carried out by “radical militant groups” in Syria.

Syria’s new Islamist government has a hard time enforcing its control over affiliated militants who are seeking to drive Russians out and attack minorities at the risk of further destabilising the country.

An armed group linked to Syria’s new Islamist government briefly attacked Russia’s Hmeimim air base in western Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor and a witness have said.