The United States has proposed a new joint approach to the Syrian conflict that reportedly would increase cooperation between ongoing Russian and US military operations.
The Washington Post reported on June 30 that the proposal, sent to Moscow earlier this week, calls for sharing targeting and bombing information to go after Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Al-Nusra Front.
It was not immediately clear if Moscow had responded to the proposal, which would amount to a dramatic shift for the Obama administration.
Russian and US forces have been conducting parallel air campaigns in Syria, but Washington has accused Moscow of targeting moderate rebel groups in an effort to bolster the Syrian regime, a longtime ally.
The proposal comes just a few weeks after Russian jets bombed US-backed rebel forces in Syria twice, even after being specifically warned not to by US officials.
US officials have privately called that incident "very, very, very serious."
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