US preparing terrorist attacks on Syria: Russian SVR

Moscow: The United States is preparing terrorist attacks on crowded places and government institutions in Syria, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Tuesday.

“As a habitual tool for the implementation of their subversive plans [in Syria], the US intelligence services again intend to use Islamic extremists,” the SVR said in a statement, adding that “crowded places, shops and government agencies are among the priority targets.”