Russia has accused the US of bombing Syrian army positions and warned the incident puts a “very big question mark” over the future of a precarious ceasefire agreed by Washington and Moscow. The US acknowledged that an intended air strike against Isis positions could have hit Syrian soldiers in error and said it would carry out an investigation. Russia’s military said it was told by the Syrian army that at least 62 soldiers were killed in the Deir ez-Zour air raid and more than 100 wounded. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 90 soldiers were killed in the strike. She said Russia had for years blocked UN punitive measures against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad for the barrel bombing of civilian populations in rebel-held cities.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2016 03:14 UTC