Pentagon: US Aircraft Re-routed to Avoid Russians Over Syria

Russian jets are stalking USA drones flying missions over Syria, an American official has said.

Russia’s principal runway in Syria has to do with the urban downtown area of Tartous.

Amid Russia’s escalating military activities in Syria, the White House has warned it not to interfere in the US-led worldwide efforts to destroy the Islamic State in the strife-torn region.

The Russian experts interviewed by the newspaper say that two alternative coalitions are now being formed – one led by Russia and another by the US – who are competing for the victory garland in the fight against the Islamists.

A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, says he could not provide details, including the number of times this has happened. Neither authentic could tell if the american appeared to be apprise about Moscow’s choice to get the artillery from scratch….

Meanwhile, Russian Federation on Wednesday launched cruise missiles into Syria from the Caspian Sea that traveled through Iraqi airspace, thereby threatening USA aircraft over Iraq as well.

It was the first time the US needed to do so since Russian Federation began military operations in Syria at the end of last month. “But to our manned aircraft they’ve not been closer than about 20 miles”.

Because of a lack of an agreement between Moscow and Washington on de-confliction and safe separation standards for fighters in the air, the USA has so far avoided a confliction by changing the course of its own jets.

The Observatory said two helicopters believed to be Russian were seen flying at low altitude in Morek.

“Bashar al-Assad’s forces have been relentlessly attacking Syria’s health care system for the past four years”, Widney Brown, director of programs for Physicians for Human rights said, “and the Russian government is now following in their footsteps”.

Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook, traveling with the defense secretary in Europe leading up to a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ministerial meeting in Brussels Thursday, said the Pentagon is open to more military-to-military talks with the Russians.

At least one of the alleged incidences occurred in Turkey’s Hatay Province.

The latest developments come exactly a week after Russian Federation began launching airstrikes in Syria.

“We have not agreed to cooperate with Russian Federation, so long as they continue to pursue their mistaken strategy and hit these non-ISIL targets”, Davis said.