US still unsure who directed Syria attack

18/2/2018 15:07

        The United States is still unsure who directed a Feb. 7 attack on U.S. and U.S.-backed forces in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday,
        even as he acknowledged accounts that Russian civilian contractors were involved.
        
        Reuters has reported that about 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked Russian private military firm were either killed or injured in Syria.
        
        The U.S. has estimated about 100 pro-Syrian government forces were killed by U.S. strikes to repel the Feb. 7 attack.
        
        Russian military officers told the United States during the incident that Moscow was not involved. The Pentagon has declined to comment on the exact makeup of the attacking forces and Mattis appeared at a loss to explain the incident 10 days later.