US protecting Nusra front to force regime change in Syria Sergei Lavrov BBC News

The US is trying to spare a jihadist group in its attempts to unseat Syria s President Bashar alAssad, Russia s foreign minister has told the BBC. Sergei Lavrov said the US had broken its promise to separate the powerful Jabhat Fateh alSham (formerly known as alNusra Front) and other extremist groups from more moderate rebels. And he defended the bombardment of Aleppo by Russian and Syrian forces.