an administrative building in [ Khadafy ’s ] Bab al - Azizia compound . ” A senior military official insisted “ [ Khadafy ’s ] not on a targeting list . ” This was sophistry in the service of cynicism : For months , places he might be were on targeting lists . The pretense was that this not - really - NATO operation , with the United States “ supporting ” it , was merely to enforce UN resolutions about protecting Libyans from Khadafy .
“ He and I have n’t spoken , and he and I disagree , ” Trump said on Sunday when asked about his running mate ’s comments . He went on to insist that Russia and Assad were forces for stability and counterterrorism in Syria . This assertion has come even amid a deluge of reports indicating that Moscow has used controlled weapons and struckconflict.attack.nahumanitarian targets in Syria , including a United Nations aid convoy ( which both the U.S. and the U.K. have accused Russia of attacking with credible evidence ) . These are only the latest developments in Russia ’s campaign against Assad ’s enemies in Syria , which opened with a brazen strike on U.S.-backed rebels and a CIA - provided weapons depot . The evidence exposing Trump ’s support for to Russian interests materialize almost daily , but this is a trend that anti - Trump Republicans had been observing for over a year .
Air strikes continue pummelling rebel - held Aleppo as Syrian president says taking city is key to capturing other areas . Rebel - held areas of Aleppo have been hit by a new wave of intense aerial bombardment , according to opposition activists , as Syrian President Bashar al - Assad said the capture of the northern city would be a " springboard " to pushing " terrorists " back to Turkey . The UK - based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday that dozens of overnight air strikes had strucklife.injure.injurycausedbyviolenteventseast Aleppo , as fighting continued on the northern and southern edges of the city . According to The Aleppo Media Centre , a group of opposition activists in the city , the overnight air strikes killed and wounded a number of people , with some buried under the debris . A spokesman for the Civil Defence first responder group in Aleppo told Al Jazeera that at least six civilians had been killed in air strikes as of Friday afternoon .