The United States is directly supporting terrorist and militant groups in Syria that are being targeted by Russian airstrikes, an American writer and retired professor says.
“It’s very clear that the US is directly or indirectly involved with the terrorists even though they claim to be supporting so-called moderate groups,” said James Petras, a professor emeritus of sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and adjunct professor at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada.
“We have very big indications that the US trained mercenaries that invade Syria have been turning over their arms to al-Nusra [Front], the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria,” Petras told Press TV on Tuesday.
A new US intelligence assessment says Russia has been targeting militant groups backed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is Syria, deepening US anger at Moscow.
The assessment, shared by commanders on the ground, has led American officials to conclude that Russian warplanes have intentionally struck CIA-backed militants in a string of attacks running for days, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.