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Pentagon: Russia resumes air strikes against Syrian opposition

Russia has resumed bombing moderate opposition fighters in Syria, a U.S. military officer from Baghdad told reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday.
“We have seen them begin operations again in that region,” Air Force Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, the U.S.-led coalition’s deputy commander for operations and intelligence, told Fox News.
President Obama called Russian President Vladimir Putin last week asking him to help “press” Syria to end its airstrikes, according to a White House statement. The strikes appeared to violate the ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia in February.
“The two leaders committed to intensify their efforts to shore up the Cessation of Hostilities and affirmed the need to end attacks by all parties,” the statement read.
Fox News has learned Russia also restarted airstrikes against Syrian opposition fighters, some backed by the United States.
 


 


Source: Fox News, 27 APRIL 2016

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