Russia asked to joint operate a US base in Syria. Coalition says hard pass.

Military Times: Russian officials have reportedly floated the idea of jointly running a U.S.-controlled corridor known as Al Tanf, located on the Iraq-Syria border near Jordan, where U.S. troops are garrisoned.

The American-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State, though, said they are not interested.

Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, said the presence of American military bases on Syrian territory is a major unresolved issue for his forces.

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