Colonnial war

In Syria, US aircraft, which are part of the international coalition, struck the column of troops of the dictator Bashar al -Assad, Fox News reports . It is emphasized that the column moved towards the de -escalation zone and ignored the warning fire.

The statement of the International Coalition says that the column, which included at least one tank, was moving towards the ET-Tanf air base in the south of Syria near the border with Jordan. At this base, the US special forces teach rebels fighting with the militants of the Islamic State. “The coalition commander appreciated the threat and, after the demonstration of the force did not stop the strength of the regime and they refused to leave the de -escalation zone, the commander on Earth requested an air blow to protect his forces,” the Pentagon spokesman said.

It is noted that the Syrian forces, which also included Iranian "volunteers", ignored warnings not only from the coalition command, but also from the Russian military.

The head of the US military department, James Mattis, said that the strike did not mean a change in the coalition policy. "We do not intend to intensify our participation in the Syrian Civil War, but we will defend our troops," Mattis said.

The government agency San reported with reference to military sources that as a result of the attack "there are dead and losses in military equipment." In Damascus, the US blow is regarded by the USA on Syrian government forces as an act of aggression, said the Basil's Permanent Representative of the UN, the head of the government delegation in the Geneva negotiations of Bashar Jaafari.

A new blow to the pro -government forces in Syria undermines the possibilities for anti -terrorism cooperation in the region, said the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky. “The new US blow to the government forces in Syria is a continuation of the destructive line of Washington, which began with a provocation in Idlib and the attack of the Syrian air base in the province of Homs,” the deputy emphasized. “Such actions indicate the unpredictability of American partners, which, of course, complicates the negotiation process of Syrian settlement.”

This is the first direct attack of the Coalition forces on Syrian troops, after April 7, American warships, by order of President Donald Trump, released 59 Tomahawk missiles from the Eastern Mediterranean at the Ash-Shair air base. On the basis, according to Americans, the chemical weapons of Assad are stored. The attack was a response to the use of chemical weapons in the city of Khan-Sheikhun controlled by the rebels in Muhafaz Idlib.

On May 4, a memorandum on the creation of de -escalation zones was signed at negotiations in Astana. Two days later, he entered into force. Rossiya, Türkiye and Iran have become a truce and Iran. In these zones, where the access to humanitarian organizations is facilitated, the use of any type of weapon is prohibited. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that there will be a ban on military aviation flights in the de -escalation zones. However, VSSha stated that they were not going to make adjustments to their actions in Syria due to the agreements of Russia, Turkey and Iran.