USA and Nato bombed Syrian Army base in support of ISIL terrorists attack .
Now when will the USA stop supporting shia and sunni Jihadists ?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/syrian-army-says-u-led-coalition-jets-bombed-173922114.html
Makes no sense. It was probably a mistake as there is no reason for the U.S coalition to target Syrian army bases. If we wanted to do that we would have done that years ago when Assad was still .alignment news 24, hours a day for killing civilians .
Note that this airstrike was carried out by U S COALITION, so it could be U.S, U.K or France who carried out these strikes.
So too early to blame one side . Must have been a mistake as pentagon spokesman said recently.
Moscow, Damascus accuse US -led Coalition of bombing Strange army.
A US-led coalition airstrike may have killed scores of Syrian army soldiers, the Pentagon said. The attack comes as a fragile ceasefire in the country has largely held for five days.
US-led coalition warplanes struck Syrian army positions on Saturday near the Deir el-Zour airport in eastern part of the war torn country, according to Syrian and Russian military officials, in a claim later confirmed by the United States.
"Warplanes from the international anti-jihadi coalition made of mainly of the U.S, U.K and France carried out four airstrikes today against Syrian forces surrounded by the Islamic State group in the Deir el-Zour air base," the Russian army said in a statement.
"Sixty-two Syrian soldiers were killed and a hundred others were injured in these strikes," it added.
US offiicials later said they may have accidently hit Syrian military positions while targeting IS but halted the attack when informed by Russia that the airstrikes may have hit the Syrian army.
"Coalition forces believed they were striking a Daesh fighting position," the Pentagon said in a statement, using another name for IS. "The coalition airstrike was halted immediately when coalition officials were informed by Russian officials that it was possible the personnel and vehicles targeted were part of the Syrian military."
It would be the first time US-led coalition warplanes are known to have hit the Syrian army in nearly two years of airstrikes against IS.
Russia said two F-16s and A-10 jets entered Syrian airspace from Iraq.
The attack comes on the fifth day of a fragile US-Russia brokered ceasefire between Syrian regime aligned forces and various rebel factions that has largely held despite violations on both sides.
Moscow said if the airstrikes were an error then it was a reflection of Washington's refusal to coordinate with Russia against terrorist groups in Syria.
Why is aid not getting into Syria?
Under the terms of the shaky ceasefire, US and Russia are to coordinate against IS and other terrorist groups if the truce is successful and aid deliveries are to be allowed into beseiged areas.
Aid deliveries have been unable to enter parts of rebel-held Aleppo, a key part of the deal for the opposition.
The Syrian army has been fighting IS since last year near Deir el-Zour. It controls the airport and pockets of the city but is otherwise surrounded by IS.
Syrian state news agency SANA quoted an army statement saying it was a "serious and blatant attack" that enabled IS to overrun the Syrian army positions.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said at least 80 Syrian army soldiers had been killed.
The airstrikes come as Russia accuses the United States of failing to control rebel groups tied to "terrorist elements," in particular the Fatah al-Sham Front, previously known as al-Nusra Front, which was aligned with al-Qaeda.
Fatah al-Sham Front fights in the same area and cooperates with some rebels factions the US considers moderate, but have been reluctant to break with one of the strongest fighting forces on the ground.
On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned why the United States did not want to release a document of the ceasefire, which led to a UN Security Council meeting on the ceasefire to be canceled.
"This comes from the problems the US is facing on the Syrian track -- they still cannot separate the so-called healthy parts of the opposition from the half-criminal and terrorist elements," Putin said.
The United States has said moderate rebel groups must disassociate from Fatah al-Sham Front or face consequences.
cw/sms (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)
http://m.dw.com/en/moscow-damascus-accuse-us-led-coalition-of-bombing-syrian-army/a-19559428
Anyway, I think Russia is right. U.S, U.K, France should give up on supporting the so called 'moderate' Syrian opposition. Seems to me that there is no more 'moderate' FSA' opposition. Majority of their fighters have jihadists inclinations or are associated with terrorists groups like Al nusra(Al Qaeda in Syria).
They should be bombed and cut off from any supplies/aid. We need to starve then out as much as possible. As it has become clear that many of these groups are in fact Islamic extremists fighting a 'holy crusade war' against 'infidels'. We should for once coordinate our airstrikes with the Russians on these terrorists groups.