A week after the crash of the IL-20 aircraft was shot down by Syrian air defense, Russia announced surrender of Bashar al-Assad of modern missile systems With-300. In the defense Ministry told that the first system will be delivered to Syria within 2 weeks. The U.S. government responded immediately to this news. In their opinion, such a step will negatively affect the fight against ISIS and will provoke further escalation of the conflict in the region.
What happened:
On September 18 Syria downed plane-scout FSI Russian IL-20. On Board were 15 people, and he was preparing to land at the nearest airbase. Later the information appeared that the transport was shot down by Syrian air defenses, which opened fire on the Israeli air force.
On September 18 Syria downed plane-scout FSI Russian IL-20. Photo: YouTube
Subsequently, Russia declared: around the same time when the scouts have finished combat duty, four F-16 aircraft, belonging to Israel, launched a missile strike on Assad’s forces. Since the attack took place in the vicinity of IL-20, an outdated Syrian air defense system is fighters struck the plane of Russian air force. The entire crew was killed. Israel considers guilty the army of Assad and claims that Russian forces were warned of the impending blow.
The Syrian government and Russia, in turn, shift the responsibility on the pilots of the F-16 and the commanders of the Israeli air force. According to them, fighters deliberately exposed IL-20 provoked the death. Now Russia intends to deploy a modern air defense system in the region, handing over Syria s-300.
Russia and Syria believe that the IDF is fully responsible for the tragedy. Photo: DepositphotosРеакция sides:
- Israel immediately after the incident was sent to Moscow commander of the air force and presented the full report concerning the incident. The country’s leadership believes that the fault lies with the Syrian military. According to the data, Israeli forces have learned of the Downing of the IL-20 before their planes left the enemy region.
- Russia and Syria believe that the IDF is fully responsible for the tragedy. According to representatives of the defense Ministry, Israel has disrupted coordination between the warring parties and warned of a military strike just a minute before the operation. The Kremlin intends in the near future to put missile complexes C-300 to «cool hot heads». In addition, Russia will provide the army of Bashar al-Assad additional data regarding the Israeli air force.
- USA in response to the decision to give Syria advanced air defense said that this step will worsen the situation in the region. According to the American side, this will negatively affect the fight against militants of the Islamic state. Advisor to the President for national security John Bolton believes that this move will exacerbate the already tense situation in Syria. The Secretary of state intends to demand from Russia to abandon announced today plans for the transfer of air defense systems.
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