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US-led coalition aircraft violates Syrian airspace six times overnight — defense official

The defense official added that in the Idlib de-escalation zone, the terrorist groups the Al-Nusra Front and the Turkestan Islamic Party shelled the Syrian government forces' positions five times

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/. Fighter jets and warplanes of the US-led international coalition violated the Syrian airspace in the Al-Tanf area six times over the past 24 hours, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, Deputy Head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Opposing Parties in Syria, said.

"The aviation of the so-called international anti-terrorist coalition led by the US continues to create dangerous situations in the skies of Syria by flying in violation of deconfliction protocols and violating Syrian airspace. Six violations by a pair of F-15 fighter jets, a pair of Rafale fighter jets and a pair of A-10 Thunderbolt jets of the coalition were recorded in the Al-Tanf area during the day," he said.

The defense official added that in the Idlib de-escalation zone, the terrorist groups the Al-Nusra Front and the Turkestan Islamic Party (both banned in Russia) shelled the Syrian government forces' positions five times: four in the Aleppo Governorate and one in the Latakia Governorate.