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

Apart from that, seven violations of the deconfliction protocols of December 9, 2019 were reported

MOSCOW, September 9. /TASS/. The US-led coalition’s aircraft violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area ten 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. "A pair of the coalition’s F-15 fighter jets (three times), a pair of F/A-18 fighter jets, as well as a pair of A-10 Thunderbolt attack bombers violated Syria’s airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, ten times during the day."

Apart from that, in his words, seven 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.