Why Is Washington Refusing to Share Intel on ISIL With Russia?

Why Is Washington Refusing to Share Intel on ISIL With Russia?

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There is something very fishy about Washington's unwillingness to share intelligence on ISIL's positions in Syria with Russia, British journalist Stuart J. Hooper points out.
While Russians are gaining ground in Syria eliminating ISIL's command posts, explosive device making facilities, ammunition caches and other targets, "the US has revealed itself to be disinterested in helping them extend that success further," British journalist Stuart J. Hooper noted.
Hooper cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who bemoaned the fact that the US refuses to share intelligence on Islamic State's positions in Syria, saying that it seems that "the US' goals in Syria have little to do with creating the conditions for a political process and national reconciliation."
Addressing his American counterparts and their coalition allies, Ryabkov posed the question: "Which side are you fighting for in this war?"
And he has nailed it: there is something really sinister and nontransparent about Washington's current military strategy in the Middle East.
State Department spokesman John Kirby even went so far as to suggest: "I don't know how you can share intelligence when you don't share a basic, common objective inside Syria."


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