US-led coalition’s drones violate Syrian airspace three times in past day

World February 02, 22:44

Deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria Vadim Kulit said that during the day, six shelling attacks on positions of government forces were reported in the Idlid de-escalation zone from positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra and the Turkestan Islamic Party terrorist groups

MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. The US-led coalition’s drones jets violated Syria’s airspace three 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 violations of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019 linked with the flights by the US-led coalition unmanned aerial vehicles were reported in Syria in the past 24 hours," he said.

He also said that during the day, six shelling attacks on positions of government forces were reported in the Idlid de-escalation zone from positions of the Jabhat al-Nusra and the Turkestan Islamic Party terrorist groups (both outlawed in Russia). Apart from that, in his words, two Syrian soldiers were wounded as a result in sniper fire near the settlements of Nakhsheba and Ikko in the Latakia governorate.

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