The Pentagon warned the Syrian government on August 19 not to strike USA and coalition personnel in Syria, a day after the regime carried out airstrikes in an area near American special operations forces, prompting the U.S.to scramble jets to protect them, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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The U.S. aircraft arrived as the two Syrian jets were leaving, Davis said, so the U.S. had no radio contact with them.
United States fighter jets tried to engage Syrian Arab Air Force aircraft in Syria but the showdown was avoided as government planes left before the Americans arrived, according to the Pentagon.
No coalition forces were harmed in Thursday’s Syrian airstrikes, Pentagon spokesman Maj.
In another escalation of the five-year war, regime planes this week bombarded positions held by USA -backed Kurdish forces in the city fighting the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.
Around two-thirds of Hasakeh is controlled by Kurdish forces, but the rest is in the hands of pro-government militia.
The YPG makes up a significant portion of the US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish and Arab alliance fighting Islamic State insurgents in Syria.
TRUNEWS previously reported that on June 16th, Russian warplanes bombed a secret military base in Syria used by USA and British special forces, killing at least four members of ISIS.
Even though many Kurdish figures denied it, but it’s widely believed that the Kurds are planning to carve out a piece in northern Syria with heavy Kurdish weight as their autonomous state. In April, the sides fought several days of lethal battles in Qamishli, north of Hasaka city at the Turkish border.
U.S. aircrews were “scrambled” – quickly launched from a state of readiness- to defend some special forces soldiers that were in the area, but did not have to engage in combat because the Syrian planes turned and left as they arrived.
The Observatory said there was no let-up in the fighting on the ground which has left 39 people dead since Wednesday, 23 of them civilians, including nine children.
The Kurdish National Council (KNC) condemned the Syrian regime attacks against civilians in Hasakah, and called on both sides to stop the fighting.
The Britain-based monitor said thousands of inhabitants had begun to flee Hasakeh, where bread was running out and electricity supplies have been cut.
Thursday’s government raids were the first time the regime bombarded Kurdish positions from the air. “Since the USA has been interfering militarily in China’s backyard in the South China Sea, this could be push-back from the Chinese military into an area, the Middle East, that is usually considered a U.S. sphere of military influence”, it reported.
The Russians are stepping up their action, these cruise missiles launched at what Moscow said were Al-Gaeda targets. When the Syrian attack came, the u-s military scrambled.
More than 290,000 people have been killed since Syria’s conflict erupted in March 2011.
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Knowing Russia’s strong support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Davis said a message was sent for them to pass along to the Syrian military “stating our intent to take whatever action is necessary”.
