Russian military reports 9 violations of Syrian airspace by U.S.-led coalition aircraft

MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Aircraft of the U.S.-led coalition have continued to create dangerous situations by trespassing on Syrian airspace, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit said.

"Two violations of the deconfliction protocols dated December 9, 2019, by flights of the coalition's unmanned aerial vehicles uncoordinated with the Russian side were observed over the past day," Kulit said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

"Seven violations by a pair of F-15 fighter jets, a pair of F-16 fighter jets, a pair of Typhoon fighter jets and an MQ-1C multirole unmanned aerial vehicle of the coalition were recorded in the al-Tanf area in the past 24 hours," he said.

In addition, Kulit reported two attacks on the positions of Syrian government forces by the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group, banned in Russia, in the Idlib de-escalation area.