By: Andrew Tilghman
U.S. defense officials say plans to launch joint military operations with Russia are on hold because continued violence in Syria has broken the seven-day cease-fire agreement reached by the U.S. and Russia on Sept. 9.
“This is not the vision that was put into place more than seven days ago,” said Air Force Col. John J. Thomas, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, referring to reports of continued airstrikes by the Syrian regime.
“We won’t move forward until the diplomats and senior leaders tell us to," Thomas told reporters during a press briefing Tuesday.
The cease-fire deal called for the two former Cold War rivals to set up a joint facility for sharing intelligence and coordinating airstrikes against both Islamic State militants and al Nusra, a notorious al-Qaeda-linked group. The U.S. has not previously targeted al Nusra.
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