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US military is 'not coordinating airstrikes with Russia in Syria', Pentagon says
Source: The Guardian
US military is 'not coordinating airstrikes with Russia in Syria', Pentagon says
Defense department denied Russian government claim
that US-led coalition planes aided Isis mission, but Trump
administration open to future joint strikes
Spencer Ackerman in New York
Monday 23 January 2017 19.19 GMT
The Pentagon has flatly denied a Russian government claim that both nations’ warplanes conducted a joint combat mission in Syria.
On Monday, the Russian defense ministry claimed to have received coordinates of Islamic State positions via a US-Russian communications channel, and that two jets from the US-led coalition participated in a strike alongside Russian aircraft.
But the Pentagon, now helmed by Trump’s appointee James Mattis, issued a round denial of the Russian account.
“The Department of Defense is not coordinating airstrikes with the Russian military in Syria,” said spokesman Eric Pahon, who added that he was not aware of any coalition member aiding Russia in this instance.
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Defense department denied Russian government claim
that US-led coalition planes aided Isis mission, but Trump
administration open to future joint strikes
Spencer Ackerman in New York
Monday 23 January 2017 19.19 GMT
The Pentagon has flatly denied a Russian government claim that both nations’ warplanes conducted a joint combat mission in Syria.
On Monday, the Russian defense ministry claimed to have received coordinates of Islamic State positions via a US-Russian communications channel, and that two jets from the US-led coalition participated in a strike alongside Russian aircraft.
But the Pentagon, now helmed by Trump’s appointee James Mattis, issued a round denial of the Russian account.
“The Department of Defense is not coordinating airstrikes with the Russian military in Syria,” said spokesman Eric Pahon, who added that he was not aware of any coalition member aiding Russia in this instance.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/23/us-denies-russia-airstrikes-syria
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