{"id":76694,"date":"2023-07-09T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/09\/russian-fighter-jets-harass-american-drones-over-syria-again\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:13:40","slug":"russian-fighter-jets-harass-american-drones-over-syria-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/07\/09\/russian-fighter-jets-harass-american-drones-over-syria-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian fighter jets harass American drones over Syria \u2014 again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 Russian fighter jets have \u201charassed\u201d American drones over Syria for the third day in a row this week, the U.S. military said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tension between&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8c0209aa0d83ed130fb2edc560b012bf\" target=\"_blank\">Russian and U.S. troops is not uncommon in Syria as both countries conduct patrols<\/a>&nbsp;on the ground as well as overflights. Syria\u2019s 12-year conflict has left half a million people dead and over 1 million wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military said in a statement that Friday\u2019s encounter lasted for about two hours during which three MQ-9 drones were \u201conce again harassed\u201d by Russian fighter aircraft while flying over Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRussian aircraft flew 18 unprofessional close passes that caused the MQ-9s to react to avoid unsafe situations,\u201d Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rear Adm. 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On Thursday, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/07\/07\/russian-jets-harass-us-drones-over-syria-for-second-time-in-24-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. military said Russian fighter aircraft flew \u201cincredibly unsafe and unprofessionally\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;against both French and U.S. aircraft over Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and France are part of an international coalition fighting IS that once controlled largest parts of Syria and Iraq where the extremists declared a caliphate. Despite IS defeat in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria less than two years later, the extremists still carry out deadly attack in both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, a drone attack by the U.S.-led coalition&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/07\/09\/us-drone-strike-kills-islamic-state-group-leader-in-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\">killed a man in northern Syria who was riding a motorcycle<\/a>. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the man was an IS militant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia joined Syria\u2019s conflict in September 2015 and has since helped tip the balance of power in favor of Syrian President Bashar Assad\u2019s forces. Russian warplanes still carry out attacks against the last major rebel stronghold in Syria\u2019s northwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On any given day there are at least 900 U.S. forces in Syria, along with an undisclosed number of contractors, who partner with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe continue to encourage Russia to return to the established norms of a professional Air Force so we can all return our focus to ensuring the enduring defeat of ISIS,\u201d Grynkewich said, using a term to refer to IS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gurinov, the Russian officer, warned that the increase of \u201cuncoordinated flights\u201d for the coalition\u2019s drones leads to escalation and \u201cRussia is not responsible for the safety of these flights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian fighter jets have \u201charassed\u201d American drones over Syria for the third day 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