Russia's defence ministry said military officials from both countries had agreed on the need to improve coordination during a video conference. The announcement comes after the Pentagon said it questioned Moscow over Russian air strikes conducted against US-backed Syrian opposition forcesRussia says agrees with US on need to improve military coordination in Syria said on Sunday it had reached an agreement with the United States (US) on the need to improve coordination between their military operations in Syria, where they are backing opposing sides of a civil war and launching air strikes. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov dismissed the allegation, saying the Russian strikes hit about 300 km away from territory where the United States had said opposition forces were operating. He said Russia had notified the US-led coalition about the targets it was planning to strike. The announcement came a day after the Pentagon said it had questioned Moscow over Russian air strikes conducted against US-backed Syrian opposition forces last week, saying Moscow had failed to heed US warnings.

Source: dna June 19, 2016 10:07 UTC