Russian jets have been carrying out operations over Syria
The Pentagon revealed Thursday that Russia granted a U.S. request not to target American special operations forces deployed to northern Syria, a previously unreported cooperation between the U.S. and Russia.
The Pentagon made the request to the Russians after a U.S. decision to send the special operations forces into Syria last year, according to Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook at a briefing.
"When the decision was made to put special operators into Syria, there was a formal request made geographic areas specifically, not pinpoint locations, to protect the safety of our people," Cook said.
"This was a [request] made out of abundance of safety for our operators on the ground, and this was done, geographical areas writ large, not specific location, and not times," he said.
Russia also outlined some areas, such as airfields, that it did not want U.S. forces flying close to, said Air Force Lt. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command in a briefing with reporters.
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