US officials told CNN that Russia notified Washington before launching airstrikes against US-backed Syrian fighters at the al-Tanf base in southern Syria, where drone strikes were reported earlier in the week.
The strikes targeted Maghawir al-Thawra, formerly the New Syrian Army, an anti-government Syrian rebel group that has received funding and training from the CIA. A spokesman for Maghawir al-Thawra reported said they were attacked by drone strikes overnight on Wednesday.
On Friday, US officials told The Wall Street Journal that the strikes were carried out by two Russian Su-35s jets and one Su-24 jet. The officials warned that Russia’s operations in Syria could risk a direct military conflict with US forces.
There were no reported casualties, but the group’s spokesman said buildings at al-Tanf used by Maghawir al-Thawra were damaged in the strikes. The CNN report said that the US assessed that Russia notified Washington ahead of time knowing that no US troops would be hit and that the US would warn its allies to move their position.
The notification came through a deconfliction line that the two powers have been operating for years to reduce the chance of a miscalculation in Syria. According to the US officials, Russia told the US that it was conducting the strikes in response to a roadside bomb planted by Maghawir al-Thawra.
The US officials told CNN that they didn’t believe Russia’s reasoning for the strike and that Moscow was instead trying to “send a message” that it can conduct such an operation without retaliation. Either way, the incident highlights the danger of the US military presence in Syria, where it maintains an occupation force of about 1,000 troops.
Hopefully also a warning to Zionist thugs who have been running amuck attacking any one with impunity
The “Z” People are beyond annoying, they are dangerous…
From now on NO notification would be a better way to conduct a strike.
“…Danger of US Military presence in Syria…” Who’d have thunk it?!
NSA is a terrorist org like AlQuaida
Both are human, both are angry upset ,both are fighting against perceived exploitative oppressive occupying regimes. Both have received trainings by established military outfits . Both have foreign financiers and sympathizers . Both have history of torture oppression and killing civilians .Both use languages and images and historical facts to justify what they do . Both have origins from local grievances and both work with members of foreign origins .Both occupy areas where central power is weak. Both have visions of better social and economic orders. Both have sectarian narrow dogmatic outlooks . Both leave no space for compromise . Both abuse original griveance. Both have history of working for western interest and with western intelligence and defense organizations.Both are illegal enemy combatants to the established authority . Both have been used by the west not to solve problem but to bleed or teach a lesson to someone the west doesn’t like.i.e – 1 Giving Vietnam moment to Russia and 2 Keeping Syria and rivals engaged into wars so Syria is not a stable country that can resist Israeli aggression .
Good for Russia for targeting the rebels that AMERIKKKA supports, in opposition to the legitimate leader of Syria.
Oh but Amerikkka doesn’t “like him”, so it’s perfectly okay to attempt to overthrow his government. Just another Amerikkkan attempt at regime change because the present one doesn’t kowtow to Amerikkka and IsraHell.
We have been after the overthrow of Syrian government since the Eisenhower administration. It is known that when he signed off on the coup in Iran, he also signed off on the overthrow in Syria. The Iran operation was a success, until 1979.
The takeaway on this appears to be that the Russians will tolerate the US wasting money on armed groups in Syria as long as they don’t actually do anything. Somebody needs to make a board game out of all this.
Or a bedroom farce.
Chess.
Chess isn’t farcical enough. Maybe something like Hungry Hippo, but that’s not a board game.
Why the notice?
Russia striking a US terrorist sanctuary for the remaining isis proxies, IN a part of Syria occupied by the American fascist regime, its a very good sign for Syria and the free world and a warning to the US that it’s occupying days in Syria will be over.
Next in line could possibly be the eastern US occupied oil rich part (where USis stealing oil since the Trump admin.), also festering with isis and kurdish terrorist proxies. But of course, don’t forget to “warn” the Americans 2-3 minutes before….
“The strikes targeted Maghawir al-Thawra, formerly the New Syrian Army, an anti-government Syrian rebel group that has received funding and training from the CIA,” is definitely better than “Drones Attack US-Backed Syrian Rebels at US Base” by Jason from the day prior. However, both are still glorifying mercenaries as “rebels.” The truth on who is funding those mercenaries is hidden within the new article, while the MSM talking point is flashing in the title of the prior article. I will take this as showing slow progress.
Well, if humanity really wants to commit hari kari, they are on the right track with multiple ways of self-destruction. Here is another stupid one! That perfect storm is a whopper…
Amerikkka could put its worries to bed if it got its f*cking troops out of Syria.
They’ve no business being there; Amerikkka has already caused enough strife in that country.
They’re under orders from Tel Aviv.
Can’t argue with that, Robert