“Russian warplanes have bombed a camp run by rebels trained by the CIA in their second day of strikes, putting Moscow and Washington on opposing sides in a Middle East conflict for the first time since the Cold War.
“Russian jets struck targets near the cities of Hama and Homs in western Syria on the second day of their air campaign.
“Moscow said it had hit Islamic State positions, but the areas it struck are mostly held by a rival insurgent alliance, which unlike Islamic State is supported by US allies including Arab states and Turkey.
“Meanwhile, hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive in support of president Bashar al-Assad’s government…”
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