Syria being tipped off about US-led strikes against ISIL, says Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said third parties, including Iraq, have been conveying information to Damascus about a US-led campaign of air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in his country.
In an interview with the BBC, broadcast on Tuesday, Assad said there was no direct cooperation with the U.S., whose air force has been bombing ISIL in Syria since September.
Asked if there was indirect cooperation, he said: "That's true, through third parties, more than one party, Iraq and other countries, sometimes they convey message[s], general message[s], but there is nothing tactical".
Assad said the Syrian government had known about the US-led campaign before it started but did not have details.
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