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Russia threatens to shoot down US planes flying over Syria

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by Joseph Earnest June 20, 2017

 

Newscast Media MOSCOWRussia has threatened to shoot down any coalition jets flying west of the Euphrates after the US shot down a Syrian warplane. Meanwhile Iran has launched a ballistic missile attack in support of Syria.

Russia threatened on Monday to "target" coalition warplanes and drones flying west of the Euphrates River and said it was suspending a hotline designed to prevent accidents after the US shot down a Syrian jet.  

A US fighter jet shot down a Syrian SU-22 on Sunday after the jet had "dropped bombs" near US-backed forces fighting the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) the Pentagon said. Fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias leading an offensive against the IS stronghold of Raqqa, were bombed near the coalition-controlled Tabqa, it said.

Syria and Russia called the US action a violation of Syria's sovereignty and an act of "aggression." 

"Repeated military actions by US aircraft against the lawful armed forces of a United Nations member state, under the guise of a 'fight against terrorism,' are a profound violation of international law and, in fact, military aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Russia has aircraft, ground forces and advanced anti-air defenses in Syria in support of the Assad regime.

Speaking in Washington, US General Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the US would work through diplomatic and military channels to reestablish the deconfliction hotline with Russia. 

Meanwhile, Pentagon spokesman, Major Adian Rankine Galloway, said the US had taken "prudent measures to re-position aircraft over Syria" to avoid conflict.Add Comments>>

 

Source: Deutsche Welle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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