Su-35 fighter – © Marina Lystseva/TASS
On June 16, Russian fighter jets carried out a series of sorties over the United States garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at al-Tanf, which blocks a strategic highway linking the Syrian capital, Damascus, with Baghdad, the capital of neighboring Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition maintains a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around the garrison.
The London-based monitoring group said that Russian fighter jets flew over the no-fly zone, reaching as far as the Syrian border with Iraq and Jordan.
Just two days earlier, the U.S. Central Command announced that stealth F-22 Raptors fighter jets were deployed from Langley Air Force Base to the Middle East due to what it described as an “increasingly unsafe and unprofessional behavior” by Russian fighter jets in the region.
The command later released a video showing the Raptors arriving at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in northern Jordan. The base is located around 250 kilometers away from al-Tanf garrison.
Tensions between Russian and U.S. forces in Syria have been mounting since Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine last year.
In the last few months, the U.S. accused the Russian Aerospace Forces of violating safety protocols over Syria on multiple occasions. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that American pilots were activating their weapon systems against its fighter jets.
Besides the garrison in al-Tanf, the U.S. maintains some 600 more troops at key gas and oil fields in Syria’s northeastern region. Washington claims that it is present in the country only to fight ISIS. The Damascus government does not approve of this presence and consider it an occupation.
The Russian military presence in Syria, which is sanctioned by Damascus, is much larger. Russian troops are deployed at two large bases in the western region and dozens of smaller positions throughout the country.
The sorties over al-Tanf were likely meant as a message to the U.S. that the deployment of the F-22 will not limit Russian operations over Syria. Al-Tanf in particular is considered tobe a threat by Moscow. Last month, Sergey Naryshkin, director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, accused the U.S. of training ISIS terrorists at the garrison.
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blow this fucking assholes out of the sky!!!
blow your own asshole, see what pops out of your ears… khazarian dog.
based on previous history, the americans will be shot down and not retaliate, and won’t retaliate if their bases are blown up with ballistic missiles like iran did to them, eliciting no response. the us is a bloated balloon trying to occupy the entire planet and has no will to fight over any part of it, it is all hot air
they are fighting hard and winning the war to have world’s first 2slgbtq+ army, the right for faggots to do drag shows for toddlers and for each american to have their own personal spanish language tutor.
hey wojciech, my best little bro mate in the whole wide world!
can i call you “bro”? you feel like a brother to me – albeit the black sheep of the family.
you gotta stop talking about anatomical parts – either that, or hand me a tissue (yeah, i know what you get up to in your momma’s basement, bro).
btw, the only reason the american squatters at al tanf haven’t already been wiped off the map is they keep hordes of refugees there as human shields. that’s how they roll, bro.
usa invaders can’t say shit, they should fuck off. usa biggest terror organization in the world worse then isis. they killed more civilians then all other terror organization have combined.
thus, fascist ruzzia must fuck off!!
i think you should get a rest cause its not good for your mental health. we still need a joker like you.
hey wojciech, my best little bro mate in the whole wide world!
can i call you “bro”? i think of you often, down there in your momma’s basement.
anyway, bro, keep those comments coming – it’s a win-win situation for all of us, you get your pennies and we get a barrel load of laughs.
seven course meal in poland: polish sausage and a six-pack of beer.
nazi usa f-22 is no match for russian sukhoi su-57 or even russian su-35 as they will soon find out if they try anything in syria and that is not even mentioning the russian s-400 which would shoot down that f-22 before it even gets it’s missiles off. =z=
ahahahaha…these ruzzian garbage planes? dream on fuckhead!!
hey wojciech, my best little bro mate in the whole wide world!
can i call you “bro”? i still remember you pulling the wings off flies in the kindergarten playground (didn’t see you at all after that – skipped your education?).
anyway, you’re such a little fibber.
the reports of f-22s shitting themselves and running for the hills whenever an su-35 snuck up on them shows that even they know they can’t compete with russian technology – the f-22s know they’d be blown out of the sky.
then stop crying to nato that you need reinforcements against the big bad bear.
yes, those kremlin nazis do shit like this!!
hey wojciech, my best little bro mate in the whole wide world!
can i call you “bro”? i feel like i know you so very very well.
you see that little red number under you comment? that’s a down-vote tally – that’s what happens when you spread mischief and lies on the forum.
and also when you say naughty racist things.
i know, you need those pennies – but i hope this helps you to be a better person, bro.
the f-22s were called out but did not want to reveal that the aircraft sold to american taxpayers was all pork. the duct tape and plastic scrap wisely stood down fearing a russian fuel dump.
nakoľko br osn nekoná tak ako by mala tak sýria by mala zobrať spravodlivosť a zákon do vlastných rúk. rf, čína, irán, kľdr, bielorusko by mali sýriu v tomto plne podporiť. a to nie iba morálne ale aj po vojenskej stránke a to dodávkou zbraní a zbraňových systémov ktoré by poslúžili k tomu aby okupantov z usa vyhnali zo sýrie!!!
sf, dump this useless compromised comment section.
go back to disqus, even it is better than this pos.
what is the us going to do? start a shooting war with russia in a place where it has literally no legal mandate to be? the us is craven and would flee to their bunkers while fiddling and wondering why their idle threats don’t work anymore
should the usa fly sorties over ukraine too? my opinion usa get out of syria an russia get out of ukraine!!!
if ukraine would be the enemy of the usa their would not be a single household with electricity or water. not a single piece of military equipment would be left. every bridge and dam would be destroyed and the presidential palace would have been the target of the initial missile strike. not the technologie is what makes the west dangerous but their determination.
the invaders base in al-tanf is indeed a threat. the sooner it is gone, the better for syria and its people. the invaders are also pilfering syrian oil and giving false hope to the minorities they are using for fodder. the longer the invaders are allowed to steal resources around the world, the longer the regime can stave off bankruptcy.
does the f-22 stealth work when it s parked?
f22 is old tech, they wouldn’t survive against the su57
us jets are so insanely expensive and considering the russians jets, you could have 15 su35s for the same price. the 35s are a match for speed, ammo, avionics, maneuverability.
keep flying jets over al tanf; as those bastatards aren’t supposed to be squatting their on syrian territory. sending in expensive f22s aren’t going to took good when shot down over syria in a russian dog fight.
why are us forces in syria, again?
let mit quote trump when he was president and had a moment of honesty “we’ve got the oil the oil is under control”
i’m sorry i thought that isis is us.
russia is going to clear the us from syria with the iranians and syrians help and about time too!
i bet those poor russian fighter pilots were shitting their pants, as their evil leaders forced them to fly over that u.s. military base, i can hear them now begging god to not let the americans shoot their outdated pathetic fighter jets down!
thanks for letting me know…
4:30 pm cst june 23, 2023 charity colleen crouse