11 Feb 2016
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-u-planes-bombed-syrias-aleppo-wednesday-080053958.html
Russia says U.S. planes bombed Syria's
Aleppo on Wednesday
MOSCOW
(Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that two U.S. aircraft
had bombed the Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 10, and that Russian planes had
not been operating in the area.
A
Pentagon spokesman had accused Russian and Syria government forces on Wednesday
of destroying Aleppo's two main hospitals with air strikes, though he did not
specify when the strikes were alleged to have taken place.
The Syrian army
has made rapid advances near Aleppo in recent weeks with the help of Russian
air strikes.
But Defence
Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement that "only
aviation of the anti-ISIS coalition flew over the city yesterday",
referring to the U.S.-led alliance
of countries fighting the Islamic State militant group.
"At 1355
Moscow time, two U.S. Air Force A-10 attack aircraft entered Syrian airspace
from Turkish territory. Reaching Aleppo by the most direct path, they made
strikes against objects in the city."
He said the
Russian targets on that day had been at least 20 km (12 miles) from the city.
When asked on
Wednesday whether the U.S.-led coalition could do more to help rebels in Aleppo or improve
access for humanitarian aid to the city, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve
Warren said that the coalition's focus remained on fighting Islamic State,
which was "virtually non-existent in that part of Syria".
Capturing Aleppo,
Syria's biggest city before the war but now divided between rebel- and
government-held sectors, would represent a major military victory for Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad and a symbolic prize for his ally, Russia, to help
justify its bombing campaign in Syria.
Members of the
United Nations Security Council pressed Russia on Wednesday to stop bombing
Aleppo in support of the Syrian military offensive and allow humanitarian
access ahead of a meeting of major powers in Germany on the conflict.
(Reporting by
Maria Kiselyova; writing by Jack Stubbs,; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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alliance (n.)
a group of countries, political parties,
or people who have
agreed to work together because of shared interests or
aims:
militant (Adj.)
active,
determined, and often willing to use
force:
Coalition (n.)
the joining together of
different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time,
or a government that is formed in this way:
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