The US military has accused Russia of blocking “critical aid” to a camp near a US military base in Syria’s al-Tanf, which Russia and Syria say is home to Takfiri terrorists.
US Navy Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for US Central Command, told CNN in a statement that Russia had refused to support a “UN delivery of humanitarian assistance” to the Rukban “internally displaced persons” camp.
The Rukban camp, according to Syrian and Russian officials, is home to terrorists, including members of al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat Fateh al-Sham terror group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front.
The camp sits within the 20-square-mile de-confliction zone that surrounds the US base in al-Tanf, near Syria’s borders with Iraq and Jordan.
On Wednesday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense accused the US of intentionally blocking aid from reaching the inhabitants of Rukban in a bid to attract recruits to the Maghawir al-Thawra, or the MaT, a local group of…