For the first time, US Send Data Location Syrian rebels to Russia

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United States submit data to the Russians about the location opposition group operating in Syria. This is the first time for Washington to do so.

The special representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Alexander Zorin told reporters Friday that a preliminary analysis of this data shows that the differences had not been made between the US-backed group, the so-called 'moderate rebel' and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Nusra Front).

"Russian Officers have contacted representatives of the Pentagon and the US special services in Geneva. We examinating the data related to the area of ​​operations armed groups that backed the US, that we have received today, "said Zorin reporters. "But preliminary analysis indicates that the difference between terrorist groups and never made," he added, as quoted by Sputnik.

Earlier in the day the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the list of Syrian opposition groups that backed the United States granted to Russia containing group formation associated with Nusra Front.

"He [Lavrov] noted that the list of groups that signed an agreement with the United States in adhering to the truce contains a series of formations cooperate closely with the Nusra Front," the ministry said in a statement. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on the phone earlier in the day.

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