(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The Syrian intelligence possesses an audio recording of conversation between ISIS terrorists and US military prior to the Washington-led coalition's airstrikes on the government troops near Deir Ezzor on September 17, the speaker of the People's Council of Syria said Monday.
"The Syrian Army intercepted a conversation between the Americans and ISIS before the air raid on Deir Ezzor", Hadiya Khalaf Abbas said as quoted by the Al Mayadeen broadcaster.
US warplanes hit Syrian government troops near the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on September 17, leaving 62 military personnel killed and a hundred wounded. The Pentagon said initially that the airstrike was a mistake and targeted ISIS militants.
The head of the Syrian parliament, added during her visit to Iran that after the coalition's airstrikes on the government troops US military directed terrorists' attack on the Syrian army.
The attack on government positions put to test a US-Russia brokered nationwide ceasefire that came into being in Syria earlier that week. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last Friday it was necessary to separate ISIS terrorists from "moderate" opposition forces in order to salvage the truce.
Britain, Australia and Denmark confirmed their air forces' participation in the deadly airstrikes. The politician noted that the details would be made public later.
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26 September 2016 - 17:43
News ID: 781629
Syrian government has a recording of conversations between the United States military and ISIS terrorists ahead of the US-led coalition airstrike on Syrian troops outside the city of Deir Ezzor on September 17.
