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Associated Press: CIA director – Moscow loves to ‘stick it to America’

Published July 21, 2017 at 10:42 am

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, search for victims amid the rubble of a destroyed building following reported air strikes in the rebel-held Qatarji neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on October 17, 2016. Dozens of civilians were killed as air strikes hammered rebel-held parts of Aleppo early morning, despite Western warnings of potential sanctions against Syria and Russia over attacks on the city. Both Russian and Syrian warplanes are carrying out air strikes over Aleppo in support of a major offensive by regime forces to capture rebel-held parts of the northern city.

Photo by AFP PHOTO / KARAM AL-MASRI

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said July 20 that Russia has no plans to leave Syria and will continue to try to meddle in U.S. affairs to “stick it to America.”

He reiterated his belief that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election and described the U.S.-Russia relationship as “complicated.”