Moscow – Report: Russia Demands That American Planes Stay Out Of Syrian Skies

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, before a bilateral meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. (Mikhail Klimentyev, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Moscow – Russia has demanded that American warplanes exit Syrian airspace immediately, a US official told Fox News on Wednesday.

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    The official said that Russian diplomats sent an official message to the US ordering American planes out of Syria, adding that Russian fighter jets were now flying over Syrian territory, according to the report.

    US military sources told the news outlet that US planes would not comply with the Russian demand.

    “There is nothing to indicate that we are changing operations over Syria,” a senior defense official told Fox.

    The Russian parliament on Wednesday unanimously granted President Vladimir Putin the right to deploy the country’s military in Syria, a move a top Kremlin aide said related only to the air force.

    Russia has been building up its military presence in Syria, where it supports the government forces of President Bashar Assad in a conflict that pits him against Islamic State militants and Western-backed rebels.

    Sergei Ivanov, the head of the Kremlin administration, said after the vote in the Federation Council, the Russian parliament’s upper chamber: “The Syrian president asked the leadership of our country for military assistance.”

    But he said the vote did not mean that Russian ground forces would be engaged in conflict and that the move referred to the use of the air force only.

    On Sunday the US-led coalition launched 23 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.

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    bsnow
    bsnow
    8 years ago

    Great. Obama and Kerry to world class geniuses. Putin is kicking there butt.
    Obama and Kerry and all liberals are the worst thing for the country and the world.

    ISAAC
    ISAAC
    8 years ago

    Now the world will watch what means fighting, i promise this wont take Russia 4-1/2 years. Their rules of engagement will allow them to finish the job and leave as quick as they came in.
    It all comes from the obama administrations weakness to lead that Russia has the chutspa to do what was not done since the height of the ‘cold war’
    I don’t blame Russia, they gave us enough time to do the job, now time is up and get out of the way!

    yankee96
    yankee96
    8 years ago

    this is just beautiful planning by president Behaima and his staff of incompetents !!

    Let us see just where this is heading

    cynic
    cynic
    8 years ago

    an _UNNAMED_ U.S. official claimed… Sorry, but I don’t accept anonymous statements of this sort as meaning diddly squat.
    (Not a dig at Vos…, but at Fox for pretending this has any relevance).