Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday night expressed the United States’ concern over reports of Russia's enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call with his Russian counterpart, the State Department said, according to Reuters.
"The secretary made clear that if such reports were accurate, these actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-ISIL coalition operating in Syria," the department said, using an acronym for Islamic State.
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