MOSCOW, August 18. /TASS/. The US-led coalition’s fighter jets and drones violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area 13 times during the past day, Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry), said on Friday.

"Three pairs of the coalition’s F-16, one pair of F-35 and a pair of Rafale fighter jets, as well as by three MQ-1C multi-role unmanned aerial vehicles violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, 13 times during the day," he said.

According to Kulit, nine violations of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019 linked with the flights by the coalition drones were reported in Syria in the past 24 hours. "The coalition’s aircraft continue creating dangerous situations in the sky over Syria, violating deconfliction protocols," he added.