Kerry asserted that Russian Federation, like other countries around the world, understands that a military solution is not viable in Syria. It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries.
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The United States expects an agreement with Russia’s military soon on air safety protocols in the skies above Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday, as the former Cold War foes seek to avoid a clash during rival bombing campaigns.
Obama should make sure that the Pentagon continues its attempt to “de-escalate” the USA and Russian air operations in Syria.
“Our task is to stabilize the legitimate government and to create conditions for a political compromise…by military means, of course”, Putin told the state-run Russian Federation 24 TV.
One source said: “We need to protect our pilots but at the same time we’re taking a step closer to war”.
The unexpected Russian military entry into the Syria conflict remains a puzzle, but a few observers think they see hints of a scenario concocted by adventurist strategists in Moscow and acquiesced to by a desperate Western coalition stuck in the Syrian quagmire.
Russian Federation has been aiding Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose regime faces dual threats: ISIS and rebels.
Pinpoint strike on a militants’ strong point located in the mountain area of the Al-Ghab plain.
The fighting was focused on the village of Kfar Nabudeh with Syria’s army command saying it had captured the village, extending its advance toward the key Damascus-Aleppo Highway.
After a few early failures, the CIA-backed rebels began over the summer to put serious pressure on the Assad government, US officials say, though Lister and other analysts say extremist militias were key to those engagements. The US-led coalition has failed to destroy IS.
The jets flew within miles of each other on Saturday, according to U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren.
Warren would not give further details about the groups or their locations in Syria due to “operational security”.
The People’s Daily – the official paper of China’s Communist Party – said in a commentary piece that “Putin’s show of force in Syria” was engaged to demonstrate the “rising confrontation with the West”. The group was able to successfully repel Islamic State fighters from the town.
“Countering” Russia’s actions in Syria is “not almost as high a priority” as helping civilians who have endured a more than four-year civil war inside Syria, Earnest said.
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As for ISIS, the Obama administration had no problem with its atrocities as long as they were being carried out inside Syria.
