![]() ![]() officials at the time called it a significant escalation in the ongoing string of encounters between U.S. MC-12 surveillance aircraft with a crew, forcing it to go through the turbulent wake. On that Sunday, however, the Russian Su-35 jet few close to a U.S. aircraft were MQ-9 drones without crew members. In all of the Russian air intercepts except the one instance a week ago, the U.S. On Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported that residents protested in the town of al-Mayadeen, in Deir Ez-Zor province, “in rejection of the American occupation of Syrian lands,” calling for the withdrawal of American and allied SDF forces. forces and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner private military company in 2018. It was also the site of a confrontation between U.S. Control of the oil-rich province is split between Syrian government forces and the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, with a presence of both Iranian militias and U.S. The Deir Ez-Zor province in eastern Syrian has been a particular area of tension among the U.S., Russia and Iran. and other allies of Ukraine have accused Iran of supplying hundreds of drones to Russia for its war effort, which Russia denies. However, since the war in Ukraine, Slim said “there is an increasing convergence between the Russian and Iranian positions around an endgame that sees U.S. Randa Slim, director of the Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program at the Washington-based Middle East Institute, said that before the war in Ukraine, Syria was “seen by the Russians as an arena for competition as well as cooperation with U.S.” Their shared interested in Syria included limiting Iran and Turkey’s footprints, preventing a military escalation between Iran and Israel that could provoke a regional war, promoting a political solution to the war in Syria, and denying the Islamic State a safe haven. to leave Syria, thus opening the door for more Iranian activity, particularly in the South. Others have suggested that it stems from a growing coordination among Russia, Syria and Iran and is meant to persuade the U.S. Right now, there’s nothing to suggest that it is,” he told reporters during a recent briefing. ![]() I don’t know if it’s connected to Ukraine or not. “We’ve got analysts trying to figure that out. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he’s uncertain what triggered the increase. and Western allies are actively supporting Kyiv’s fight against Moscow.Īrmy Gen. leaders have noted the uptick and so far have discounted any connection to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, where the U.S. The Sunday incident is the latest in a series of encounters between Russian fighter jets and U.S. Grynkewich said one of the crew members operating the drone remotely kept it in the air and flew it back to its home base. “We call upon the Russian forces in Syria to put an immediate end to this reckless, unprovoked, and unprofessional behavior.” Air Forces Central, said in a statement describing the latest close call. ![]() MQ-9, severely damaging its propeller,” Lt. “One of the Russian flares struck the U.S. surveillance aircraft carrying a crew in the region, jeopardizing the lives of the four Americans on board. military said Tuesday, the latest in a string of aggressive intercepts by Russia in the region.Ī senior Air Force commander said the move on Sunday was an attempt by the Russians to knock the MQ-9 Reaper drone out of the sky and came just a week after a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it, the U.S. ![]() WASHINGTON (AP) - A Russian fighter jet flew within a few meters of a U.S. ![]()
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