U.S.-backed forces in Syria accused Russia on September 25 of launching airstrikes on their positions in the country’s east, where world powers and their proxies are scrambling for influence amid the collapse of the Islamic State militant group.
The Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by the United States, said Russian warplanes targeted SDF fighters in three locations in Deir al-Zour province, including at a major gas field they had seized Saturday from militants. It was the second time this month that the SDF, a coalition of Arab and ethnic Kurdish fighters, has claimed it was targeted by Russian strikes.
