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09-18-2016, 07:44 AM
MOSCOW – U.S.-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 60 Syrian government troops on Saturday, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said.
"Between 5:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) and 5:50 p.m. Moscow time, international coalition war planes (taking part in airstrikes) against the Islamic State carried out four attacks near the Deir-al-Zor airport that struck Syrian government forces," Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
"According to the information received from the Syrian command, the airstrike caused the deaths of 62 Syrian troops and injured 100 others," he added.
Konashenkov said the U.S.-led coalition aircraft - two F-16s and two A-10s - entered Syrian airspace from the direction of the Syrian-Iraqi border, adding that the Syrian forces that came under attack had been surrounded by "IS terrorist groups."
"Immediately after the airstrikes, IS militants began an offensive and fighting is taking place near the airport, where some time ago humanitarian aid was parachuted in to help the local population," he said.
The Syrian army also accused U.S.-led coalition aircraft of bombing a Syrian military position near the military airport of Deir-al-Zor, located in Syria's east.
Citing military sources inside the airport, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 30 members of the Syrian security forces were killed in the airstrikes.
The airstrike occurred on the second-to-last day of a cease-fire brokered by Washington and Moscow and announced on Sept. 9.
The U.S. Defense Department, for its part, said it was possible that coalition airstrikes had struck Syrian army vehicles and personnel.
The Pentagon said it was targeting the Islamic State but halted the airstrikes after being informed by Russia that the wrong target may have been hit. EFE
I propose to discuss it.
I, as a military man (in the past) regard such (alleged) error exclusively as a deliberate air support for militant Islamists.
I beg you not to "translate arrows" on Stalin, Ukraine, a charge Putin eating children, and other nonsense.
Discuss a specific case, the error is or support terrorism by the US.
PS: please do not take my words to heart, this is just my opinion which has a right to be.
And links. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/09/17/russia-more-than-60-syrian-troops-killed-in-us-led-coalition-airstrikes/
"Between 5:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) and 5:50 p.m. Moscow time, international coalition war planes (taking part in airstrikes) against the Islamic State carried out four attacks near the Deir-al-Zor airport that struck Syrian government forces," Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
"According to the information received from the Syrian command, the airstrike caused the deaths of 62 Syrian troops and injured 100 others," he added.
Konashenkov said the U.S.-led coalition aircraft - two F-16s and two A-10s - entered Syrian airspace from the direction of the Syrian-Iraqi border, adding that the Syrian forces that came under attack had been surrounded by "IS terrorist groups."
"Immediately after the airstrikes, IS militants began an offensive and fighting is taking place near the airport, where some time ago humanitarian aid was parachuted in to help the local population," he said.
The Syrian army also accused U.S.-led coalition aircraft of bombing a Syrian military position near the military airport of Deir-al-Zor, located in Syria's east.
Citing military sources inside the airport, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 30 members of the Syrian security forces were killed in the airstrikes.
The airstrike occurred on the second-to-last day of a cease-fire brokered by Washington and Moscow and announced on Sept. 9.
The U.S. Defense Department, for its part, said it was possible that coalition airstrikes had struck Syrian army vehicles and personnel.
The Pentagon said it was targeting the Islamic State but halted the airstrikes after being informed by Russia that the wrong target may have been hit. EFE
I propose to discuss it.
I, as a military man (in the past) regard such (alleged) error exclusively as a deliberate air support for militant Islamists.
I beg you not to "translate arrows" on Stalin, Ukraine, a charge Putin eating children, and other nonsense.
Discuss a specific case, the error is or support terrorism by the US.
PS: please do not take my words to heart, this is just my opinion which has a right to be.
And links. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/09/17/russia-more-than-60-syrian-troops-killed-in-us-led-coalition-airstrikes/