(Daily Beast) Nancy A. Youssef and Shane Harris - U.S.-backed forces of the Syrian Democratic Front made some of their biggest gains in Syria in recent months when they retook villages near Aleppo with the help of Russian airstrikes, four defense officials told the Daily Beast. "It is not something Russians are trying to do. It is happenstance," one U.S. official said. U.S. officials fear such success could create a new alliance between its proxy forces in Syria and the Russian military.
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