us urges syria cooperation with russia after strike
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

US urges Syria cooperation with Russia after strike

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today US urges Syria cooperation with Russia after strike

A Russian soldier standing guard in Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor
Oslo - Arab Today

Washington and Moscow have held high-level talks aimed at shoring up military "deconfliction" zones in eastern Syria after Russia was accused of targeting US-backed forces battling the Islamic State group in an air strike, a top US general said Sunday.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Washington-backed Kurd and Arab fighters, said Saturday that several of its fighters were injured in a bombing by Russian warplanes east of the Euphrates River near Syria's oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor.

A Russian military spokesman denied targeting the group, though the coalition claimed that the Russians knew the zone contained SDF fighters.

General Joe Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he had spoken to his Russian counterpart General Valery Gerasimov and that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had also addressed the issue with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

"I spoke with Gerasimov, Secretary Tillerson has spoken to foreign minister Lavrov. We have had communications at three different levels," Dunford told reporters as he flew back from a NATO Military Committee meeting in Tirana.

He said Russian forces were pursuing IS fighters who had fled across the Euphrates when their jets struck close enough to injure SDF troops in the area.

"We have been engaged at every level to re-establish deconfliction at the Euphrates river. It couldn't be more complex and crowded in that area, and so deconfliction is more difficult right now than it was a few months ago," Dunford said.

"We haven't resolved all the issues right now. We'll get through that," he added.

Regime troops are engaged in an offensive against the provincial capital, Deir Ezzor city, while SDF fighters are battling the jihadists further east across the Euphrates.

The SDF and Russian-backed Syrian government forces are conducting parallel but separate offensives against IS in Deir Ezzor, the last Syrian province still largely held by the jihadists.

Tillerson is to meet Lavrov in New York on Sunday ahead of this week's UN General Assembly, according to Tillerson's updated public schedule.

Source: AFP

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

us urges syria cooperation with russia after strike us urges syria cooperation with russia after strike

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

us urges syria cooperation with russia after strike us urges syria cooperation with russia after strike

 



GMT 03:28 2018 Tuesday ,09 January

Dior Paris fashion exhibition breaks

GMT 21:23 2017 Friday ,28 July

US State Secretary arrives in Kuwait

GMT 23:54 2017 Wednesday ,27 September

DEWA to give away great prizes during GITEX 2017

GMT 19:22 2017 Thursday ,05 October

PM confers with AFDB delegation on ways

GMT 14:52 2017 Thursday ,19 October

Goalkeeping gaffe hands Man Utd win

GMT 14:42 2018 Wednesday ,26 September

Ukrainian leader stumbles into Russian delegation’s room

GMT 07:46 2018 Wednesday ,26 September

HRH Premier to address UN high-level health meetings

GMT 13:50 2017 Wednesday ,27 December

WAM to launch ‘Kids' Bulletin

GMT 12:36 2017 Sunday ,05 February

Nadia Murad calls Trump for not closing his country

GMT 14:26 2017 Friday ,13 October

UAE’s first hydrogen station opened

GMT 16:16 2017 Thursday ,23 February

Argentine, Spanish leaders discuss how to boost ties

GMT 14:09 2017 Thursday ,02 November

Tillerson touts US-India partnership on South Asian tour
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday