Tag: Syria: US-ISIS

NOVANEWS ABNA US allows ISIS to operate under its nose: Russia Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of allowing ISIS to operate “under its nose” in Syria, saying Washington was letting the terrorist group move about freely in an area abutting a U.S. military base. The allegations, made by Russia’s Defense Ministry, center on a U.S. military base at Tanf, a strategic Syrian highway border crossing with Iraq in the south of the country. Russia says the U.S. base is illegal and that it and the area around it have become “a black hole” where terrorists operate unhindered. The United States says the Tanf facility is a temporary base used to train partner forces to fight against ISIS. Pentagon spokesman Colonel Robert Manning on Tuesday said Washington remained committed to killin...