Moscow Obtained Evidence of US Ties to Daesh

MOSCOW-  Russia has obtained evidence of US ties to Daesh, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

According to Sputnik, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that a US special forces unit had raided a Taliban prison, holding several Daesh militants prisoner after being captured in August 2018. These prisoners were taken in an unknown direction.

The Foreign Ministry said that the US was interested in breaking out the Daesh prisoners to prevent information about their sponsors from being leaked.

Moscow further noted that it had told the US and its NATO allies about the issue of unidentified helicopters flying to Afghanistan and delivering supplies and weapons to Daesh, which is based in the country’s north, near Russia’s neighbours. The ministry added that rather than answering Moscow’s tough questions about the helicopters, Washington had decided to shift the blame by resorting to a disinformation campaign against Russia.

This is not the first time that the United States has been accused of working with Daesh militants. In September 2018, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that, citing local sources, the US-led coalition in Syria had helped evacuate several Daesh leaders from Deir ez-Zor. It was unclear where they were taken.

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