Russia denies bombing moderate Syria rebels
Russia on Thursday rejected accusations its air strikes in Syria targeted moderate rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad instead of Islamic State militants, as it prepared for urgent military talks with the United States to head off possible clashes./ Senior US officials had expressed alarm after Russian warplanes began their first military engagement outside the former Soviet Union since the occupation of Afghanistan in 1979. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov challenged the United States to provide proof that Russia's operation was not ...
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