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bemildred

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8. Pentagon: Russia agreed not to strike US forces in Syria

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 01:32 PM

Feb 2016

The Pentagon revealed Thursday that Russia granted a U.S. request not to target American special operations forces deployed to northern Syria, in previously-unreported cooperation between the U.S. and Russia.

The Pentagon made the request to the Russians after a U.S. decision to send the special operations forces into Syria last year, according to Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook at a briefing.

The Pentagon had previously denied any cooperation with the Russians, other than a formal memorandum of understanding about air safety, to prevent the two militaries' air forces from colliding by accident over Syria.

But Thursday's revelation revealed that cooperation with Russia that goes beyond that.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/269861-pentagon-received-russian-assurances-it-would-not-strike-us-forces-in-syria

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