The cease-fire agreement the fire between the Lebanese forces and Israel remains in force, said today the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken after the meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the NATO countries in Brussels, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
Blinken noted that all alleged violations of the agreement are checked through a special mechanism.
The recent progress of the jihadist group "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" in Syria shows that the attention of the supporters of the country's President Bashar Assad, namely Russia and Iran, has been diverted (from other problems), the US Secretary of State also said, as quoted by Reuters.
Blinken added that Assad's refusal to engage in any meaningful way with the process of resolving the years-long political crisis in the war-torn country opened the door for a surprise offensive by opponents of his regime.< /p>