Russian and American troops are within "hand-grenade range" of each
other in parts of Syria, according to U.S. commanders, an overlap that
highlights Moscow's efforts to bolster its footprint in the Middle East.
While the Russians and Americans have
traditionally been on opposite sides of the Syrian civil war — with the
Kremlin supporting President Bashar al-Assad and Washington working with
rebels fighting him. But now the rivals are both backing Kurdish YPG
fighters as they take on ISIS there and in neighboring Iraq.
Army Lt. Gen. Steven Townsend, the commander of Combined Joint Task
Force Operation Inherent Resolve, told reporters earlier this month that
all the forces in Syria "have converged literally within hand-grenade
range of one another."
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