(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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