Russia Proposes Joint Airstrikes On Syria Rebels With The U.S. Led Coalition

RT: Russia proposes US-led coalition to strike Syrian terrorists with Moscow – def minister

Moscow suggests that the US-led coalition fighting against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria should fly joint missions with Russia in Syria, the defense minister said. The US has issued a lukewarm response to the proposal.

“Taking such a step would help the progress of the peace settlement in Syria. Of course such measures have been agreed with the Syrian Arab Republic. Yesterday we started negotiating these measures with our colleagues in Oman and Geneva,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told journalists, referring to a US center for peace negotiations based in the Jordanian capital and the city in Switzerland, where UN-backed peace negotiations are under way.

“We suggest to the US… starting on May 25, joint action of the Russian Air Forces and the US-led coalition forces to plan and conduct strikes against the Al-Nusra Front, which does not support the ceasefire, as well as against convoys of arms and fighters crossing the Syrian-Turkish border,” he said.

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WNU Editor: The U.S. is pouring cold water on the idea .... Joint strikes with Russia 'nonstarter' for Pentagon (Washington Examiner). More on this U.S. rejection is here .... US rejects Russia proposal for joint Syria airstrikes (France24)

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