MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. Aircraft belonging to the US-led international coalition made six unauthorized incursions into Syria’s airspace over the al-Tanf area in the past 24 hours, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, said.

"Six violations by two pairs of F-15 fighter jets and a pair of F-16 fighter jets belonging to the coalition were recorded in the al-Tanf area over the past 24 hours," he said.

According to Kulit, four violations of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019, which are related to flights by the international coalition’s drones not coordinated with the Russian side, were recorded over the past 24 hours.

In addition, the deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria said that a Syrian soldier was killed in sniper fire opened by illegal armed groups from Maaret Muhos in Idlib province.