The Latest: Russia’s Lavrov warns Syrian rebels in Aleppo
BEIRUT — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
12:55 p.m.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned Syrian rebels in Aleppo that they will be wiped out unless they agree to stop fighting and quit the besieged city.
Lavrov told reporters during a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday that “those who refuse to leave nicely will be destroyed. There is no other way.”
Lavrov also lamented what he described as attempts by the United States to obtain a pause in the fighting in Aleppo to allow rebels to re-arm and re-supply.