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The US military must themselves be responsible for Russian airstrikes on the bases of their allies in Syria. This is stated in the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense, published on the official page of the department.

“The responsibility for the fact that the military personnel of special units in the Antihilov Coalition countries are threatened to be in the areas of the use of aviation of the Russian Air Force, lies exclusively on their military leadership,” the statement says.

The Ministry of Defense emphasized that “constantly and through all channels” call on participants in the international coalition to combat the “Islamic state” to report the location of the rebels in Syria. "Our pilots before striking are proposed to guess from a height of several kilometers the presence among militants of the special forces of the Western countries in" blocking bags of sand characteristic of American and British bases, "the military department is ironic.

“We are convinced that there is a simpler way to solve problems - to move on our partners from words to deed and proceed with joint actions against international terrorist groups in Syria,” the statement said.

So the Ministry of Defense commented on the publication of The Wall Street Journal. The publication, citing sources in the Pentagon and the White House, reported that the Russian VKS on June 16 inflicted air strikes on the base of the rebels near the border with Jordan.

According to the sources of the publication, the British and American special forces use the base in the southeast of Syria to coordinate with the Syrian opposition to protect Jordan from the Islamic State. Just a day before the Russian strike on the base, there were about 20 British military men on it.

After the blow, the employees of the Central Command of the United States contacted Russian colleagues and warned that this base was involved in the US campaign and should not be attacked, WSJ sources claimed. About 90 minutes after the warning, a new wave of strikes of Russian VKS at the base occurred. US representatives tried to contact Russian pilots at frequencies that the United States and Russia agreed to use in emergency situations. Russian pilots did not answer. As the sources of the publication noted, four Syrian rebels were killed as a result of air strikes by the Russian Air Force.

The Russian military stated that the attacks were struck by IG positions and were in advance of the Jordanians in advance. The American military replied that there are unique fortifications that are characteristic of American and British bases in the region. They are clearly visible in the air. Aman said they did not give permission to airlines. Later, the Russian military reported that they could not cancel the blows, since Washington did not provide Moscow with accurate coordinates of this base.

Sources of WSJ in the Pentagon and American intelligence believe that the blows on the database were part of the Russian campaign in order to force Washington to make closer cooperation with Russia in the sky over Syria.

After strikes at ET Tanf, the American side provided Moscow with some additional information about US operations along the Jordanian border. At the same time, the United States recommended that the Russian military stay away from the border zone.

According to WSJ, the White House and the State Department, fearing escalation, decided to compromise. Intelligence and the military objected against this. During the last week of a visit to Moscow, John Kerry, a preliminary agreement was reached on joint efforts in the fight against Jeephat al-Nusra. It is also assumed that in exchange for weakening a tough policy against Moscow by Washington, Russia will stop air strikes on the opposition supported by the United States and restrain the Syria Air Force.