04.09 US Lied When It Said There’s No Al-Qaida in Syria – Putin

MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) – When US Secretary of State John Kerry said during a debate in Congress that there was no al-Qaida in Syria, he was lying, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

Al-Qaida is one of the main forces supporting the Syrian opposition, Putin said in televised comments at a meeting of Russia’s presidential human rights council.

“I watched the debates in Congress. A congressman asks Mr. Kerry: