Residents ride a motorcycle past damaged buildings in a rebel-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria, on July 24, 2015. (REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail)Moscow and Washington, Reuters—Russia called on Friday for military-to-military cooperation with the United States to avert “unintended incidents” as it stages navy exercises off the coast of Syria, where US officials believe Moscow is building up forces to protect President Bashar Al-Assad.
The US is using Syrian air space to lead a campaign of air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and a greater Russian presence raises the prospect of the Cold War superpower foes encountering each other …read more
Source: ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
