Tag: US Strikes on Syrian Troops

NOVANEWS By Gareth Porter Middle East Eye   The summary report on an investigation into US and allied air strikes on Syrian government troops has revealed irregularities in decision-making consistent with a deliberate targeting of Syrian forces. The report, released by US Central Command on 29 November, shows that senior US Air Force officers at the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar, who were responsible for the decision to carry out the September airstrike at Deir Ezzor: misled the Russians about where the US intended to strike so Russia could not warn that it was targeting Syrian troops ignored information and intelligence analysis warning that the positions to be struck were Syrian government rather than Islamic State shifted abruptly fr...