Pentagon rebuts Putin-controlled media, says no U.S.-Russia military agreement in Syria
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times - Thursday, July 19, 2018
Top Pentagon officials said Thursday they’ve received “no direction†about military cooperation with the Russians in Syria, throwing cold water on reports that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had reached a wide-ranging agreement during their Helsinki summit earlier this week.
The supposed deal — reported by Russian media Tuesday following the Trump-Putin meeting — would focus on protecting the security of Israel, which remains under threat from Iranian proxy groups based in western Syria and loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.
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