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Russian air strikes in Syria 'directly enabling' IS: US

Published: 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 09 Nov 2021 - 02:12 pm
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Washington: Russian air strikes in and around the city of Aleppo against opponents of the Syrian regime are benefitting the Islamic State group, a senior US official charged Wednesday.

"What Russia's doing is directly enabling ISIL," Brett McGurk, President Barack Obama's special envoy to the coalition fighting the group in Syria and Iraq, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

AFP