A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti
The United States-led coalition is violating deconfliction protocols with Russia on safe flights over Syria, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria said on May 5.
“Despite the fact that the Russian side stays committed to the memorandum of understanding between the Russian Defense Ministry and the US Department of Defense of October 20, 2015, the so-called international anti-terrorist coalition led by the U.S. continues to blatantly violate the deconfliction protocols and the bilateral Russian-U.S. memorandum on the safety of flights in Syria. Violations have a deliberate and systemic character,” Gurinov said.
The commander went on to reveal that coalition fighter jets have repeatedly activated their weapons targeting systems against Russian fighter jets performing scheduled flights over Syria’s eastern regions.
The U.S. maintains some 900 troops in Syria under the pretext of fighting ISIS. The troops are deployed between key gas and oil fields in the country’s northeastern regions and a garrison that blocks a strategic highway in the southeastern region.
Unlike U.S. troops, the Russian military is present in the country under an official request from the legitimate government in Damascus to combat ISIS and other terrorist groups.
Tensions between Russian and U.S. forces in Syria have been growing since Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine last year.
In April, the United States Air Forces Central (AFCENT) released videos showing Russian fighter jets conducting what it called “unsafe and unprofessional” intercept of coalition warplanes over Syria. AFCENT commander Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich later claimed that Russian pilots have begun buzzing U.S. fighter jets over Syria in an apparent attempt to start a dogfight.
Despite rising tensions, Russian and U.S. forces will not likely clash in Syria. The coalition’s behavior could, however, cause an unwanted incident.
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I$I$ and the Pentacon thieves in Syria that own the terrorist organ must be eradicated sooner or later. The escalation is coming even as Natostan is routed in rump Ukrapland. USSA will go down in flames like a bloated paper tiger. Poooooooooooooooooof
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If you abolish politics and create a society in which the people can determine their own lives, all this nonsense will no longer exist. If you look at the problems in this world, it becomes clear that politicians are the main problem and that if you want to solve this problem in any way, a politician will stand in your way. This camouflaged dictatorship that rules the world is not a democracy, it is a dictatorship that is more liberal than North Korea.
Russians are absolute pussies. A US fighter locking on to a RU plane is the equivalent of pointing a pistol at someone’s head and letting it click on an empty chamber. Stand up or just lay down and go home you faggy little cunts.
So let me get this straight… any country can send its troops to any other country for any reason… fighting “terrorism” they created??… like the U.S. and turkey do? …or israel, Gb, France and others?
Not any the “rules based order” determines that this can only be done by the us and those the us approves.
Russia, the US have changed their commanders to the extent that they do not know about the previous arrangements, so make some new arrangements with them and explain to them how the old ones worked.