The Ministry of Self -Defense

The US Department of Defense announced their readiness to protect coalition servicemen if their lives are in danger of air at air attendants of Bashar al -Assad's government troops. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal.

“We are in the most serious way that the coalition employees find themselves in a risky situation, and we have an integral right to self -defense,” said Pentagon representative Jeff Davis. “We made it clear that the US Air Force will protect the ground forces if they threaten them.” According to Davis, the Syrian military "prudently" would not interfere with the actions of American forces and coalition partners.

The Pentagon statement was made after the incident that occurred on Friday in the El Hasaka area. Syrian government Air Force struck there near American special forces. Two US Air Force fighters F-22 Raptor flew in a mile from the Syrian Su-24. After that, the bombers left the district.

The Americans on the allocated communication channels made contact with the Russian side. She assured that the blows were not made by her aircraft. Moscow was asked to transfer to the Syrian government that US aircraft would protect special forces in case of threats, a Pentagon representative noted.

On July 22, The Wall Street Journal, citing sources in the Pentagon and the White House, reported that the Russian VKS on June 16 inflicted air strikes on the base of 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.