Syria ceasefire: Russia, US accuse each other of violations

CNN Communist News Network ^ | September 15, 2016 | Angela Dewan, Joshua Berlinger and Tim Hume

[Navy Patriot]

Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday the United States was not fulfilling its obligations under the Syrian ceasefire agreement, as Moscow and Washington pointed fingers at each other for violating what had appeared to be a peaceful lull in fighting.

In a statement, the Russian ministry said that US-led "moderate opposition forces" had increased the "number of attacks on residential neighborhoods," claiming that at the end of the third day of the current cessation "only the Syrian army observes silence mode."

The current ceasefire was called so that desperately needed humanitarian aid could be delivered.

[Navy Patriot]

Violators, violators, ... violators everywhere.

[Navy Patriot]

Russia's warplanes attacked a group of ISIS militants north of Palmyra, killing hundreds of terrorists, Viktor Poznikhir, the first deputy chief of the General Staff's main operations directorate, told the media Wednesday.

The militants lost 250 men and 15 pickup trucks, Poznikhir said.

Obama probably considers this a "violation", but...

"The Russians are authorized to be striking those targets," says Lt. Col. Rick Francona, a CNN military analyst. "That area is an ISIS stronghold and they're going to have to clear that area out before anybody makes any move on Raqqa, especially from the south.":

CNN says no violation and it is ISIS.

[Flavious_Maximus]

I would take the word of an ex-communist Russian official over anybody in the US federal government today.

That’s how low and corrupt the Obama regime is. They are worse than the Soviet Union.