US-led coalition aircraft violate Syrian airspace 14 times in past day

Russian Politics & Diplomacy November 22, 2:25

A total of 2,319 people entered the Syrian territory via the border with Lebanon in the past 24 hours, the center’s deputy head, Capt. 1st Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, said

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. The Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian Defense Ministry) registered 14 violations of Syria’s airspace, committed by aircraft of the US-led international coalition in the past 24 hours, the center’s deputy head, Capt. 1st Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, said.

"Over the past day, 10 violations of the Syrian Arab Republic’s airspace regulations were registered in the Al-Tanf zone, committed by a pair of F-15 fighter jets (five times), a pair of Rafale fighters and a pair of Typhoon fighters," Ignasyuk said.

A total of 2,319 people entered the Syrian territory via the border with Lebanon in the past 24 hours.

Also, two attacks on Syrian troops, staged by militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic Party of Turkestan terrorist groups (both outlawed in Russia), were registered in the provinces of Idlib and Latakia.

In a separate development, the Russian reconciliation center carried out two humanitarian missions in the provinces of Aleppo and Raqqa, distributing 600 sets of food weighting almost 5.9 metric tons in total.

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