Friday, June 9, 2017

US officials credit Russia for calming tense situation in Southern Syria

(CNN)US officials are crediting Russia with helping calm the situation in southern Syria, where the US has had to launch several airstrikes against Iranian backed Shia militias and pro-regime fighters in recent days.

Pentagon spokesman US Navy Captain Jeff Davis stated: “Russia has been very helpful and I think the calm that we see today is largely due to their efforts.”
The incidents marked an escalation in the area around Al-Tanf, a garrison on the Syrian-Jordanian border manned by US and British Special Forces that are advising an anti-ISIS Syrian rebel group known as Maghawir al-Thawra, or the Commandos of the Revolution…

Source: US officials credit Russia for calming tense situation in Southern Syria – CNNPolitics.com


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