Aircraft us air force F-22 Raptor has forced two Syrian fighter to leave the district of Hasaka (al-hasakah, northeast of Syria), not allowing new attacks on the positions of the Kurdish people’s protection Units» (YPG), reported Reuters, citing a representative of the Ministry of defense.
According to reports, clashes between American and Syrian planes did not happen. The aircraft departed at a distance of about 1 mile.
Representatives of the Western coalition led by the United States, discussed the incident with representatives of the Russian command. During this discussion the Russian side has assured that the military aviation of the Russian Federation in the area of Hasaka bumps causes.
On Friday evening, August 19, warplanes of the Syrian government forces struck a series of blows to positions of Kurdish militias in the area. Information about the victims of these air strikes were reported.
Air strikes were conducted after the Ministry of defense announced that US combat aircraft up in the air to cover from the air the positions of the Kurdish forces near the city of Hasaka...
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According to reports, clashes between American and Syrian planes did not happen. The aircraft departed at a distance of about 1 mile.
Representatives of the Western coalition led by the United States, discussed the incident with representatives of the Russian command. During this discussion the Russian side has assured that the military aviation of the Russian Federation in the area of Hasaka bumps causes.
On Friday evening, August 19, warplanes of the Syrian government forces struck a series of blows to positions of Kurdish militias in the area. Information about the victims of these air strikes were reported.
Air strikes were conducted after the Ministry of defense announced that US combat aircraft up in the air to cover from the air the positions of the Kurdish forces near the city of Hasaka...
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20/8/16
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Civilians fled a city in northeastern Syria where government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas for a second day on Friday, as the Syrian army accused Kurdish forces of igniting the conflict by trying to take over the area...
ReplyDeleteThe fighting this week in Hasaka, which is divided into zones of Kurdish and Syrian government control, marks the most violent confrontation between the Kurdish YPG militia and Damascus in more than five years of civil war.
The YPG is at the heart of a US-led campaign against ISIS in Syria, and controls swathes of the north where Kurdish groups have set up their own government since the Syrian war began in 2011.
A Pentagon official said US-led coalition aircraft were sent near Hasaka on Thursday to protect coalition special operation ground forces in response to bombing by Syrian jets, and additional combat air patrols were being sent to the area.
The government air strikes on Hasaka mark the first time the Syrian military has deployed its warplanes against Kurdish groups during the war.
Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the incident was not an intercept and the coalition aircraft reached the area by the time the Syrian government warplanes were leaving....REUTERS