An U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility July 25, 2023. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Sommers
The Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, a division of the Russian Ministry of Defense, has warned of the repeated violations of Syrian airspace by the United States-led coalition.
During a briefing on August 23, deputy director of the center, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, said that coalition fighter jets and drones violated the airspace of the war-torn country more than a dozen times over the past 24 hours.
“A total of 15 violations were detected in the al-Tanf zone over the past 24 hours, committed by two pairs of F-35 fighter jets, four pairs of F-16 fighter jets, a pair of Rafale fighter jets and one MQ-1C multirole unmanned aerial vehicle of the coalition,” the military official said.
The U.S.-led coalition has a garrison in al-Tanf in southeastern Syria with a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around it. Several international civilian flight routes pass over the area, which explains Russian worries over the coalition’s aerial operations there.
According to Kulit, coalition drones also violated deconfliction procotos by carrying out 12 flights in the Syrian airspace without coordinating with the Russian military group in the country during the same period.
“The coalition continues to escalate the situation in the Syrian airspace and to create dangerous conditions that are fraught with air incidents and disasters,” the official warned.
In recent weeks, the U.S.-led coalition expanded its aerial operations over Syria challenging both the country’s government, which does not approve of its presence, as well as the Russian military group.
The coalition’s repeated violations could eventually lead to a dangerous incident, or even a full-blown confrontation with the Syrian government and its allies.
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stfu russia. if they are violating the airspace and deliberately provoking you, shoot the drones down first, then start taking down the flying shit bucket, aka f35.
je na čase im nejaké to lietadlo zostreliť. darebácky štát usa nemá čo pohľadávať v sýrii!!! čo robí br osn? prečo nekoná? sýria predsa opakovane žiadala br osn o pomoc v tejto otázke. ak br osn nie je schopná pomôcť tak by si sýria mala pomôcť sama. a to všetkými dostupnými prostriedkami.
rusia should have exterminated the yankees from day one off there intrusion on syrian soal !!!