Mr Konashenkov said it was “not the first such case”, adding that Russian pilots often come within visual-recognition distance of USA war planes and drones.
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The accusation comes as the USA and Russian military officers are conducting video conferences to ensure flight safety by the countries forces in Syrian airspace.
Reiterating the urgency of anti-terrorism fight, Lavrov called on all countries to give up all kinds of political and geopolitical theories and establish a “broad front” against terrorists on the basis of worldwide laws.
Although Washington sent the refusal to Russia’s proposal on Wednesday, Moscow is ready to cooperate with the United States on Syrian issues in any format and through any channel, Lavrov said.
Islam Alloush, a spokesman for the Syrian rebel group known as the Islamic Army, said Shiite fighters from Iranian-backed militias in Iraq had been deployed.
The U.K.-based group said Syrian soldiers and fighters from Lebanon’s Hizballah were involved in the military operation.
Moscow and Washington are getting closer to agreeing a deal to avoid clashes between their aircraft over Syria, Russia´s defence ministry said Wednesday, after a third round of talks between the two countries´ militaries.
Both Russian Federation and a US-led coalition are bombing IS targets in Syria.
Aleppo is divided with the Syrian army, Isis, other Islamists and rebel groups backed by the West all controlling separate enclaves in and around the city.
Iran has sent thousands of troops into Syria in recent days to bolster the planned ground offensive in Aleppo, the two officials told Reuters. “I believe a few of our partners simply have mush for brains”, he said.
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in the coming days, said he wanted to “urgently caution the USA and Russian Federation not to militarily engage in a way that in the end could lead to a conflict”.
A training camp in the same area was also destroyed, while in Hama and Latakia provinces Russian bombers eliminated ammunition depots. Eight senior figures from IS were killed in an Iraqi airstrike in Iraq on 11 October, the Iraqi military said.
In another sign of Iran’s central role in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a team of Iranian lawmakers arrived in Damascus on Wednesday, and pictures circulated on social media showed the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, in western Syria.
The U.S. has made clear it will not participate in the intelligence centre, out of concern that its Russian and Iranian adversaries would gain access to USA information; the United States maintains its own independent intelligence cell with the Iraqis.
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Meanwhile Carter said that he did not know if Putin would take “the opportunity to change course”. “And only the Kremlin can decide to change that”.
