Syria 'near miss' prompts US-Russia air safety talks, The US and Russia are to authority new talks on air assurance in Syria afterwards it emerged action aircraft from both nations came aural afar of anniversary added on Saturday.
The planes were in beheld acquaintance with anniversary other, 10 to 20 afar (15-30km) apart, a US defence agent told reporters in Washington DC.
It will be the third annular of talks as the two countries seek to acquisition means of alienated an adventitious conflict.
Despite the talks, the US said Russia's accomplishments in Syria were "wrongheaded".
US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said he accepted a accord soon. Russia said it had "updated proposals" to be discussed during a video conference.
Russia began its attack of air strikes in Syria on 30 September, adage it was targeting Islamic State (IS) militants and added jihadist groups afterwards a appeal to advice militarily from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Western countries and Syrian activists say Russian planes accept been hitting non-militant targets - a affirmation Moscow denies.
In a abstracted development on Tuesday, two shells addled the Russian admiral admixture in the Syrian basic Damascus as hundreds of pro-government supporters rallied alfresco in abutment of Russian air strikes.
No-one was dead but a BBC Arabic contributor in Damascus says some humans were injured.
Russia declared the battery as "a agitator attack".
'Same action space'
US and Russian admiral are accepted to authority a video appointment afterwards on Wednesday.
Ahead of the talks, Mr Carter said: "Our talks... are actual professional, they're actual constructive, and I apprehend them to advance in actual abbreviate adjustment to an agreement."
But he fatigued that the Americans "are not able at this time to accessory ourselves added broadly with Russia's access in Syria because it is adverse and strategically short-sighted".
Meanwhile, the Russian defence admiral said it had "updated proposals on Syria for the US" and was cat-and-mouse for a "third video conference".
The talks appear afterwards US aggressive agent Col Steve Warren told reporters that two US and two Russian aircraft "entered the aforementioned action space" over Syria on Saturday.
He said the aircraft were in beheld acquaintance with anniversary other.
Col Warren aswell said that Russian planes had again torn air patrols, advancing abutting to US American unmanned aeriform cars or bombinate aircraft.
Russia has not about commented on this claim.
The planes were in beheld acquaintance with anniversary other, 10 to 20 afar (15-30km) apart, a US defence agent told reporters in Washington DC.
It will be the third annular of talks as the two countries seek to acquisition means of alienated an adventitious conflict.
Despite the talks, the US said Russia's accomplishments in Syria were "wrongheaded".
US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said he accepted a accord soon. Russia said it had "updated proposals" to be discussed during a video conference.
Russia began its attack of air strikes in Syria on 30 September, adage it was targeting Islamic State (IS) militants and added jihadist groups afterwards a appeal to advice militarily from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Western countries and Syrian activists say Russian planes accept been hitting non-militant targets - a affirmation Moscow denies.
In a abstracted development on Tuesday, two shells addled the Russian admiral admixture in the Syrian basic Damascus as hundreds of pro-government supporters rallied alfresco in abutment of Russian air strikes.
No-one was dead but a BBC Arabic contributor in Damascus says some humans were injured.
Russia declared the battery as "a agitator attack".
'Same action space'
US and Russian admiral are accepted to authority a video appointment afterwards on Wednesday.
Ahead of the talks, Mr Carter said: "Our talks... are actual professional, they're actual constructive, and I apprehend them to advance in actual abbreviate adjustment to an agreement."
But he fatigued that the Americans "are not able at this time to accessory ourselves added broadly with Russia's access in Syria because it is adverse and strategically short-sighted".
Meanwhile, the Russian defence admiral said it had "updated proposals on Syria for the US" and was cat-and-mouse for a "third video conference".
The talks appear afterwards US aggressive agent Col Steve Warren told reporters that two US and two Russian aircraft "entered the aforementioned action space" over Syria on Saturday.
He said the aircraft were in beheld acquaintance with anniversary other.
Col Warren aswell said that Russian planes had again torn air patrols, advancing abutting to US American unmanned aeriform cars or bombinate aircraft.
Russia has not about commented on this claim.
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