Exclusive: America’s Allies Almost Bombed in Syrian Airstrikes - The Daily Beast

Exclusive: America’s Allies Almost Bombed in Syrian Airstrikes - The Daily Beast: The White House says it wants to work with Syria’s moderate rebels. But warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition came awfully close to striking one of their HQs.

Last week, an airstrike from the American-led coalition nearly hit a command-and-control facility affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, the moderate rebels the Obama administration says are America’s “boots on the ground,” according to two opposition leaders. They are asking the Obama administration to please coordinate with them in the future before America bombs its only allies in Syria.

See original work for more on this and other stories.