The Pentagon is concerned about the possibility of a direct military clash with Russia in Syria after the “some actions” of the Russian forces, writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to the unnamed high -ranking American military.
“Russian troops conducted a number of operations against the United States headed by the coalition in Syria this month, including one of them – this week at a strategically located base in the southern part of the country,” American military officials, their publication said in a conversation with publication. The words are given by RBC.
Russia warned the American side on the available communication line, in connection with which there were no losses, the newspaper sources said, while noting that this was “fraught with direct conflict”, and “the miscalculation can develop into an unintentional conflict between American and Russian forces in Syria. “
WSJ interlocutors specified that air strikes were applied along the garrison located near the border of Syria with Jordan in the southeast.
The American contingent entered the territory of Syria at the beginning of the Civil War in 2011, seven years later – in December 2018 – then the president’s post, Donald Trump, announced the withdrawal of the military from Syria, explaining this that he made this decision due to with The defeat of the main part of the IGA militants resembles RBC. In February, the Russian foreign intelligence service (SVR) announced the intention of the American intelligence services to orient the “sleeping” extremists in Syria on stocks against local security forces and military from Russia and Iran. The department insisted that “the information coming to the SVR of Russia indicates the desire of the US administration to maintain an American presence in Syria, without allowing the stabilization of the situation in this country.”