US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. (AP Photo)
Defense Secretary Ash Carter today criticized Russia for bombing US-backed rebel forces in Syria that he said were fighting the Islamic State group.
Carter told reporters at the Pentagon that the Russian attacks were “problematic” and said the Russian military
misused a channel of communication with the US military that is intended to prevent unsafe US and Russian air operations over Syria. Another defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to …read more
Source: The Indian Express