Moscow on Wednesday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-regime fighters in Syria as an “act of aggression” that targeted the most effective forces battling “terrorists” in the war-torn country. “It was an act of aggression which breaches the territorial sovereignty of Syria and intentionally or not targeted those forces that are the most effective … Read more
It was the second time in less than a month that coalition forces have attacked pro-regime forces, a group of whom are seen near Aleppo in March 2017, as they headed toward the garrison The US-led coalition “destroyed” a unit of pro-regime forces in Syria on Tuesday as they advanced near an area where coalition … Read more
Iran-backed, pro-Syrian regime forces are again massing close to where US-led warplanes bombed them this month, the Pentagon said Tuesday, raising the likelihood of additional strikes. Coalition planes on May 18 pounded the front of a convoy that had apparently been headed toward the At-Tanf garrison, where coalition commandos have been training and advising local … Read more
A pro-regime convoy that was struck by US-led warplanes inside Syria this week likely was directed by Iran, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday. The strike on the convoy heading toward a coalition garrison near the Jordanian border was “necessitated by offensive movement with offensive capability of what we believe were Iranian-directed forces,” Mattis said, … Read more