United States air force shot down a Syrian fighter jet at Raqqa

The Syrian government said that the coalition forces led by the USA shot down a military aircraft of the Syrian air force. It is reported that the incident occurred near the town of es-Thawra in raqqa province.

The defense Ministry called the incident "a cynical violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic" and "military aggression". As a result, Russia has ceased to use a key communication channel "de conflictologia", created in order to avoid conflict between the forces of the United States and Russia in Syria.

While the United States and Russia say their forces are in Syria to fight ISIS, Russia joined the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, and the coalition under the leadership of the United States joined the groups that oppose the Assad regime and ISIS. Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday that a strike on Syrian su-22, the United States was "an act of assistance to the terrorists with which the US is allegedly fighting", according to the state news Agency "TASS".

The Syrian military admitted the loss of his plane and said the pilot missing after the crash. The Russian defense Ministry said it would implement new control over the skies of Western Syria. "From this point on in areas where Russian aircraft performing combat missions in the skies of Syria, any airborne objects detected to the West of the Euphrates river, including aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to the international coalition, tracked by ground and air missiles, and shall be considered air targets," - said in a statement the Ministry of defence.

In Washington, the Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff General Joseph Dunford said that the relationship between Russia and the United States remains open. Dunford said the U.S. is working "diplomatically and militarily to restore the channel "de-conflict".

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