26-07-2023, 08:36 AM
Others have suggested that it stems from a growing coordination among Russia, Syria and Iran and is meant to persuade the U.S. to leave Syria, thus opening the door for more Iranian activity, particularly in the South.
Since the war in Ukraine, Slim said “there is an increasing convergence between the Russian and Iranian positions around an endgame that sees U.S. forces pushed out of Syria.”
On Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported that residents protested in the town of al-Mayadeen, in Deir Ez-Zor province, “in rejection of the American occupation of Syrian lands,” calling for the withdrawal of American and allied SDF forces.
In all of the Russian air intercepts except the one instance a week ago, the U.S. aircraft were MQ-9 drones without crew members. On that Sunday, however, the Russian Su-35 jet few close to a U.S. MC-12 surveillance aircraft with a crew, forcing it to go through the turbulent wake.
https://apnews.com/article/us-russia-syr...cf55c61a12
Since the war in Ukraine, Slim said “there is an increasing convergence between the Russian and Iranian positions around an endgame that sees U.S. forces pushed out of Syria.”
On Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported that residents protested in the town of al-Mayadeen, in Deir Ez-Zor province, “in rejection of the American occupation of Syrian lands,” calling for the withdrawal of American and allied SDF forces.
In all of the Russian air intercepts except the one instance a week ago, the U.S. aircraft were MQ-9 drones without crew members. On that Sunday, however, the Russian Su-35 jet few close to a U.S. MC-12 surveillance aircraft with a crew, forcing it to go through the turbulent wake.
https://apnews.com/article/us-russia-syr...cf55c61a12