Foreign Policy

U.S. protests Russian Syrian bombing in ‘extraordinary session’

By Jamie McIntyre
Published June 18, 2016 6:38pm ET
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U.S. protests Russian Syrian bombing in ‘extraordinary session’
Pentagon sources said Friday that at least two Russian Su-34 "Fullback" fighter-bombers hit the staging area in southern Syria. (Olga Balashova/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) | Olga Balashova

The U.S. protested Russia’s bombing this week of U.S.-backed fighters in Syria in a Saturday video conference with Russian military officials that the Pentagon described as an “extraordinary session.”

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