The US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria denies allegations that a Syrian militant group has set up training camps near the United States' military base in Syria's At Tanf, a spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve told Sputnik on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th September, 2018) The US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria denies allegations that a Syrian militant group has set up training camps near the United States' military base in Syria's At Tanf, a spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve told Sputnik on Tuesday.
On Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Syrian Reconciliation said that a group of militants who were recently captured in battle revealed that they were members of the Lions of the East group and admitted that they have a training camp near the US military base in At Tanf.
"There is no terrorist camp within the At Tanf de-confliction zone, which runs in a 55k diameter around the Coalition's At Tanf Garrison," the spokesperson said when asked about the militants' allegations.
The spokesperson dismissed the allegations regarding a terrorist camp near its base as "malign propaganda."
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the clashes near Palmyra left two militants dead and two others detained. One of the detained terrorists said that US instructors took part in training of his group and supplied them with weapons and ammunition.
