Syria’s army general command said in a statement that the air strike was “conclusive evidence” of us support for Islamic State, noting that the strike was “dangerous and blatant aggression”.
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A United States official told CNN they broadly described the geographic area to the Russians – as is customary – before the strike but did not give a precise location. He did not identify the planes’ country affiliation, but said they were part of the worldwide coalition. Konashenkov said the planes came from the direction of the Iraqi border, he added.
However, in a statement on Saturday morning, the US Department of Defense said coalition jets had on Friday conducted an airstrike in Deir el-Zour said to have damaged five ISIS supply routes.
The United Nations said the government was holding up aid by denying letters guaranteeing access.
However, Russian General Vladimir Savchenko has said “the situation in Syria is worsening”, with 55 attacks over the past 24 hours, leading to the deaths of 12 civilians.
“Warplanes from the American coalition hit one of the Syrian army’s positions. near the Deir Ezzor airport”, the statement said, adding that there were “casualties” but without giving a number.
Moscow has itself accused rebels of breaking the truce and said Washington needs to do more to make them abide by its terms, including separating from the jihadist Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which only broke formal allegiance to al Qaeda in July.
The Russian Defense Ministry accused the United States of refusing to coordinate its operations with Russia in Syria.
There have been fears that the US military could accidentally strike Syrian or Russian forces since the air campaign against Islamic State began more than two years ago.
The Observatory said three Islamist fighters and four members of the regime forces were killed.
Diplomats said the International Syria Support Group backing the peace process could meet on Tuesday in NY, on the eve of the council meeting.
A spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed that the regime of Bashar Al-Assad has blocked the passage of 40 aid trucks heading for the besieged city of Aleppo, Anadolu reported on Friday.
Lavrov noted the “refusal by an array of illegal armed groups to join the cease-fire” and Washington’s obligation to “separate units of the moderate opposition from terrorist groupings”.
The statement said the alleged strikes were “conclusive evidence that the United States and its allies support ISIS and other terrorist organizations”.
The violence comes just over a week after a cease-fire had been announced in Syria – and fewer than six days since that cease-fire went into effect.
He suggested Washington’s resistance stems from a hope to retain the combat potential of forces fighting the Syrian government.
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“We will see further steps from them against Syrian people and Syrian army”, Krydee said. “But this is a very unsafe route”.
