U.S. sends mixed messages over potential military operations in Syria
By Roy Gutman, Nancy A. Youssef and Jonathan S. Landay
ISTANBUL — The Syrian government on Monday warned the United States against launching unilateral attacks against the Islamic State extremist group on its territory, but Washington said it wouldn’t seek the Assad regime’s permission to defend American lives.
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