France Accuses Russia on Syria Strikes as NATO Adds Pressure
- Most Russian airstrikes don't hit Islamic State, France Says
- Obama says Syria action is sign Putin's leadership slipping
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The U.S. hardened its rhetoric against Russia’s military action in Syria, warning the intervention will escalate the four-year civil war as NATO allies said most of the airstrikes are not targeting Islamic State extremists.
“The mistakes they’re making there will have consequences,” U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said at a joint news conference in London with U.K. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. Russia “will only inflame the Syrian civil war,” he said.