by Maria Ogryzlo and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Moscow
12 minutes ago
He also said Russia did not consider the opposition Free Syrian Army as a terrorist group.
Russian jets carried out a second day of air strikes in Syria on Thursday.
The Kremlin says it is acting on the request of the Syrian government to help combat Islamic State (IS) militants - which has seized parts of Syria and Iraq - and other designated terrorist groups.
But the US and its allies fear the strikes have mainly targeted opponents of Russia's ally, Mr Assad.
Mr Lavrov, speaking at the UN in New York, said Russia would fight IS and other terrorist groups, including the al-Nusra Front.
He said this position was the same as the US-led coalition which has been carrying out air strikes in Iraq and Syria for several months.
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has defended his country's air strikes
in Syria, saying they were targeting the same "terrorist" groups as the
US-led coalition.
He rejected suggestions that Russian action was to bolster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.He also said Russia did not consider the opposition Free Syrian Army as a terrorist group.
Russian jets carried out a second day of air strikes in Syria on Thursday.
The Kremlin says it is acting on the request of the Syrian government to help combat Islamic State (IS) militants - which has seized parts of Syria and Iraq - and other designated terrorist groups.
But the US and its allies fear the strikes have mainly targeted opponents of Russia's ally, Mr Assad.
Mr Lavrov, speaking at the UN in New York, said Russia would fight IS and other terrorist groups, including the al-Nusra Front.
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