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

Apart from that, one shelling attack by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists was reported in the Idlib de-escalation zone.

MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. The US-led coalition’s aircraft violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area 14 times during the past day, Oleg Ignasyuk, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry), said on Monday.

"Aircraft of the so-called international anti-terrorist coalition led by the United States continues to create dangerous situation that may cause air accident or incidents and escalate the situation in Syria’s airspace," he said. "Three pairs of the coalition’s F-15 and two pairs of Typhoon fighter jets, as well as tree pairs of A-10 Thunderbolt attack bombers violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, 14 times during the day."

According to Ignasyuk, four 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.

Apart from that, one shelling attack by Jabhat al-Nusra (outlawed in Russia) terrorists was reported in the Idlib de-escalation zone.