RT News - March 09, 2017 (17:00 MSK)

The US-led coalition against Islamic State confirms that additional American forces have been deployed to Syria. The White House says there's been 'double standards' in the media's coverage of Wikileaks revelations - that the CIA can frame other countries for hacking. As the US-backed campaign to recapture the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul in Iraq intensifies, humanitarian organisations are concerned by the numbers of civilians forced to flee the dire conditions.