US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has warned against Russian jet fighters flying “dangerously” over what he views as “a safe zone” in Syria, a country that has repeatedly censured violation of its ground and air space by American military forces.
Mattis made the remarks during a Pentagon press briefing on Friday, underlining that US and Russian are still using a phone line to coordinate military flights over the crowded Syrian skies as Washington claims that the US-led coalition war planes continue to hunt remaining militants linked to the defeated Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group, AP reported Saturday.
Claiming that two Russian Su-25 fighter jets flew through an unofficial line separating Russian and US air forces in eastern Syria on Wednesday and came dangerously close to American war planes, Mattis further questioned whether the close calls were made in error or deliberately.
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