“We were taught to handle all types of weapons by American instructors. All weapons were American-made. I saw American instructors, they come to training, but the Syrians conduct classes themselves, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, according to him, instructors from the United States observe and evaluate the progress of work.
“The trainings were difficult, they lasted for two or three hours, no less,” he added.
At the end of July 2019, the head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Sergei Rudskoy, said that U.S. troops were training 2,700 militants in the vicinity of Et-Tanf base in Syria.