Syrian warplanes hit IS positions in the east

“The objective of this U.S. aggression is to bring about the failure of the truce agreed between Russian Federation and the United States”, said Bashar Jaafari, Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations, speaking to journalists through an interpreter at a Non-Aligned Movement summit in Venezuela.

The air strike on a Syrian army position by the US-led coaltion on Saturday triggered a fierce war of words between Washington and Moscow, with Russian Federation saying it put the agreement under threat. Four strikes against Syrian positions were performed by two F-16 jet fighters and two A-10 support aircraft belonging to the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria.

The Syrian army said in a statement last week that the seven-day truce ends at midnight Sunday.

Syria’s military on Monday declared that the U.S.

“I hope that all parties to the conflict, and those with influence over them, would see the convoy as an opportunity to move forward”, O’Brien said.

The Syrian government and its allies have mostly focused their firepower on western areas of the country that are of greatest significance to Assad, including the main cities of Damascus, Homs, Hama, Latakia, Tartous and Aleppo. About 700 of those were civilians, including 160 children, the group said.

Syrian state TV reported Sunday that dozens of residents had left rebel-held areas in Aleppo and were taken to shelters in the government-controlled part of the city.

The statement said the military forces have practised high self-restraint, and responded in a few cases when it had to do so to silence the fire from the rebels.

The U.S. initially brushed off Damascus’ assertions and said it was prepared to extend the agreement, while Russian Federation – after blaming rebels for the violations – suggested it could still be salvaged.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 90 soldiers were killed in the strike.

According to Sham News Network, regime forces supported by tanks have tried to enter the outskirts of the Damascus suburb of Jobar, where fierce clashes erupted on Sunday between regime forces and opposition factions.

“We strongly urge Washington to exert the needed pressure on the illegal armed groups under its patronage to implement the ceasefire plan unconditionally”.

In February, a ceasefire, brokered by the USA and Russian Federation, went into effect in Syria, but did not hold for long. The official said, however, that even though US operations over the area had ceased in the immediate aftermath of the strike, it did not preclude USA aircraft from returning to the area in the coming days.

The truce was the result of months of intense negotiations between Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and the gathering may afford an opportunity for them to put the deal back on track.

Speaking Monday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Kerry said some humanitarian assistance is moving but it’s too soon to say if it will meet the requirements of the cease-fire deal. The officers in charge of the strike were certain they were targeting Islamic State group fighters, who have always been in the area, he said.

President Bashar al-Assad on Monday described the deadly US-led coalition raid on his forces in eastern Syria at the weekend as “flagrant American aggression”.

On Monday, the United Kingdom confirmed that British aircraft – believed to be unmanned, remotely-piloted Reaper drones – had been involved in the strike, along with jets from Australia and Denmark.

An official with the Syrian Red Crescent said aid trucks operated by the group and destined for a rebel-held area in Aleppo province had been hit by an airstrike, as warplanes resumed their bombings in Aleppo province.

A mistaken air raid by the US -led coalition also killed 62 Syrian soldiers.

An errant US air strike killed almost 60 Syrian military personnel Saturday. American officials said, however, that conditions were still not right for U.S.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters in NY on Sunday that he regrets “the loss of life and injury to any Syrian personnel affected”.

Senator Payne also said the blunder would not deter Australia in the longer term from continuing the fight against the Islamic State.

“Syria is a complex situation with various military forces and militias in close proximity, but [the] coalition would not intentionally strike a known Syrian military unit”, the statement read. Tens of thousands of people live in government-held neighborhoods of Deir el-Zour under the siege of IS fighters.

The Syrian government then would be barred from conducting air operations in those areas. The Islamic State also controls much of the surrounding province, which borders Iraq.

The State Department said it was ready to work with Russian Federation to strengthen the terms of the agreement and expand deliveries of humanitarian aid but added that Russian Federation must clarify its position on the status of the cease-fire. The United Nations and Red Cross said they were investigating the reports.

Iran, another close ally of Syria’s government, also condemned the USA -led raid, saying it violated Syria’s sovereignty and “showed that terrorist groups enjoy US support in Syria”.

“We are reaching a really terrifying conclusion for the whole world: that the White House is defending Islamic State”.

The Observatory said the plane came down in the Jebel Tharda area which overlooks the government’s Deir al Zor military airport.

“The amount of shelling by rebel groups against positions of Syrian government troops and of residential areas is increasing”, said defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.