MOSCOW, January 11. /TASS/. Aircraft of the US-led international coalition violated Syrian airspace eight times in the al-Tanf zone, the deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry) said on Thursday.

"Over the past 24 hours, eight violations were registered in the Al-Tanf area, committed by one pair of F-15 fighter jets, one pair of F-16 fighters and two pairs of A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft of the coalition," he said.

He added that one violation of the December 9, 2019 deconfliction protocols on the part of the coalition was registered over the past 24 hours. The incident was related to a flight of a UAV that was not coordinated with the Russian side.