US military releases video footage of Russian and US military planes engaging in friction in Syria. International Alliance | Leading | US military forces
According to TASS, the Russian military announced on July 5th that the US led international alliance has repeatedly violated regulations by using drones in military exercises in Syria and Russia Syria. The US military, on the other hand, accuses Russian fighter jets of harassing so-called US drones carrying out missions in Syria.
On the 5th, Gurinov, Deputy Director of the Russian Mediation Center for Conflict Parties in Syria, stated that in the past day, the United States led International League drones have flown illegally 12 times, of which 5 have occurred in areas in northern Syria that have been banned due to joint military exercises between Russia and Syria. According to a statement released by the US Air Force Central Command, on the 5th, three US MQ-9 Reaper drones were disrupted by Russian fighter jets.
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According to American media, this is at least the second friction between US drones and Russian fighter jets this year. Previously in March of this year, the US military claimed that an MQ-9 Reaper drone was hit by a Russian military plane and crashed into the Black Sea, while the Russian side claimed that the US drone crashed due to excessive flight movements.
In September 2015, at the request of the Syrian government, Russian troops were stationed at the Hmeim Air Force Base in Syria to assist the Syrian government in combating extremist elements within Syria. The uninvited US military has long controlled the oil fields in northeastern Syria and the Tanfu region in the southeast. In 2020, in the northeastern region of Syria, there were incidents of US military intercepting Russian military convoys and clashes between military vehicles from both sides.
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