Summary

The US military said on Saturday a coalition airstrike may have struck Syrian soldiers, but the coalition never intentionally targets regime troops.  A statement from US Central Command said the coalition conferred with the Russian military before the airstrike.  "The coalition airstrike was halted immediately when coalition officials were informed by Russian officials that it was possible the personnel and vehicles targeted were part of the Syrian military," CENTCOM said.  The Russian Ministry of Defense said ISIS militants launcehed an attack on Syrian position after the airstrikes, Sputnik reported.  The report comes during a fragile ceasefire.  However, it doesn not cover militant groups considered terrorists, such as ISIS and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as al Nusra Front.  The ceasefire has offered some respite from violence in the civil war that has killed an estimated 430,000 people since 2011 and touched off an international refugee crisis.  There has, however, been reports of violations and Russia has stated the United States is not fulfilling its obligations. 

Analysis

This is a developing story with more to come being published online at CNN.com by Steve Almasy.  The arthuor of this current event starts this article with just a matter of fact point of view.  The original story was published today at 3:34 p.m. ET and as more information comes in, he continues to update the event.  Before getting the breaking news report on my phone, I had knew nothing about this event or the author.  From the audience point of view, it is written slightly negative to me.  While I am no supporter of Russia, the arthuor sort of places the blame on Russia.  However, I do think the significance of the article was to inform readers that the US military never intentionally targets regime troops and to point out that Russia, once again, feels that the United States is not fulfilling its obligations on the ceasefire.

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