Washington claims that “protecting” its illegal outposts is “consistent with international law” US President Joe Biden has offered legal justification for American airstrikes on eastern Syria this week, saying the operations were a rightful response to a string of drone and rocket attacks on US forces in the region.

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The Russian forces have captured “foreign-made” weapons left by the enemy, a top regional official said Russian military and security personnel have thwarted a Ukrainian plan to infiltrate the country’s western Bryansk Region, Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said on Monday.