Contents tagged with pro-government forces in Syria

  • US-led coalition says it has the right to attack any military forces threatening its partners in Syria

    The US-led coalition reserves the right to strike at any forces that are a threat to Coalition's forces and its partners, as stated by the official spokesman for the coalition, Ryan Dillon, Interfax news agency reports.

    "We reserve[d] that right for any force that presents a threat, whether it is ISIS or anybody else," Dillon said responding to a question by Interfax.

    Earlier the US-led coalition once again struck a blow against pro-government forces in southern Syria. The coalition’s …

  • Kremlin: Russia will call for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over US strike on Assad’s forces

    Russia is going to call for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to be convened following the airstrike by the American coalition against pro-government forces in Syria, said the First Deputy of the Federation Council on Defense and Security Committee, Franz Klintsevich, as reported by RIA Novosti.

    Klintsevich stressed that the airstrike by the American military is yet another act of aggression. “The attack by the US-led coalition is the coalition directly entering into open …