The White House declined to comment and State Department spokesman John Kirby said he could not confirm the missiles had crashed, while adding that the report pointed towards the need for procedures to prevent clashes with USA planes targeting ISIS militants in Syria.
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“They’ve been largely against opposition groups that want a better future for Syria and don’t want to see the Assad regime stay in power”.
Word of the Russian naval strikes in Syria come as Syrian government forces launched a major ground offensive against rebels.
“Despite what the Russians say, we have not agreed to cooperate with Russia so long as they continue to pursue this mistaken strategy and hit these targets”, Carter said.
In Moscow, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Russia is using warships in the Caspian Sea to target the Islamic State group in Syria.
The Defense Minister told the Russian President that four ships at 1,500 kilometers or 930 miles away from Syria fired precise long-range missiles to 11 targets in the war torn country.
He said the regime forces had not yet been able to advance and that the Army of Conquest alliance, the powerful grouping that includes Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front and controls neighbouring Idlib province, was sending reinforcements to counter the assault.
Aside from blunt warnings, however, there appears to be little Erdogan can do about Russia’s assertive military actions in Syria, which have upended his priorities to oust the Syrian leader, Bashar Assad, and establish a buffer zone on Syria’s border with Turkey.
The Revolutionary Command Council of Hama posted a video on YouTube which it claimed showed an attack on al Lataminah.
Davatoglu called on Russian Federation to respect Turkey’s air space, saying the country would not “make any concessions” on matters concerning its border security.
“Offensive operations of the Syrian army will be efficiently backing the actions of our Aerospace Forces”, Putin said.
The day after the meeting, however, Russian warplanes began striking Syrian opposition targets inside Syria.
The officials told CNN that a few buildings have been damaged, and civilian causalities were reported in the crash.
He said only two out of 57 Russian strikes had hit the jihadist group.
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Carter said violations of Turkish airspace would “cause us further to strengthen our posture with respect to Russia” although he did not elaborate.
