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Asked about the killing of Russian mercenaries in Syria, CIA Director Mike Pompeo told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington Tuesday that he would leave specifics to the Pentagon but “we have seen in multiple instances foreign forces using mercenaries in battles that will begin to approach the United States.”
It’s not clear who was paying the Russian contingent, whether it was Russia directly, Syria, Iran or a third party. Reports in Russian media have said Wagner -- a shadowy organization known as Russia’s answer to Blackwater, now called Academi -- was hired by Assad or his allies to guard Syrian energy assets in exchange for oil concessions.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...aries-in-Syria
Academi? Hmm...
Academi - Wikipedia
And then I saw this story on Politico;
https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...y-syria-216972
Keep this on your radar.
It’s not clear who was paying the Russian contingent, whether it was Russia directly, Syria, Iran or a third party. Reports in Russian media have said Wagner -- a shadowy organization known as Russia’s answer to Blackwater, now called Academi -- was hired by Assad or his allies to guard Syrian energy assets in exchange for oil concessions.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...aries-in-Syria
Academi? Hmm...
Academi - Wikipedia
And then I saw this story on Politico;
https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...y-syria-216972
Keep this on your radar.