Reports of pro-Assad alliance 9which include Iran and Russia) ready to hit US positions within Syria – PB/TK
Pro-Assad alliance threatens to hit U.S. positions in Syria – By Reuters Beirut bureau / June 7 2017
A military alliance fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday it could hit U.S. positions in Syria, warning that its “self-restraint” over U.S. air strikes on government forces would end if Washington crossed “red lines”.
The threat came in a statement in the name of the “commander of the operations room of the forces allied to Syria”, and was circulated by a military news unit run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, one of Assad’s military allies.
Assad’s allies also include Iran and Russia. The statement did not spell out whether Moscow was a signatory to it.
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