Russia has doubled the number of airstrikes in Syria since last week, and it seems to be yielding results. However, it’s no secret that Russia is a key ally of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and they’ve been attacking the various opposition groups that would stand against him, many of which are funded by the West. Rising fears that Russia is planning on using the situation in Syria to rebuild the Soviet Union sound irrational at best, but whatever their motivations are for being over there, at the moment there is a common enemy, and instead of uniting against that enemy, the West has been clashing with Russia over violations of air space.
According to the Daily Express, one journalist tweeted that three Turkish planes had been responding to ‘mysterious’ lock-ons from MIG-29 jets, which are used by Putin’s forces.
MailOnline has approached both the Russian and Turkish authorities for a comment.
A spokesman for Nato said it had so far received no reports of a plane being shot down.
Details of the reported incident emerged after the Pentagon announced that Russia had agreed to resume talks with the US on air safety during Syria bombing campaigns.
Press secretary Peter Cook said the talks were ‘likely to take place as soon as this weekend’.
Nato and the US have been alarmed at violations of Turkish air space by Russian planes.
Earlier this week Nato urged Moscow to end air strikes on the Syrian opposition as fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes that had violated Turkish airspace.
Turkey sent two F-16 jets to head-off a Russian fighter that violated its airspace near the Syrian border last weekend.
At an emergency meeting, NATO warned of the ‘extreme danger’ of such violations and condemned the incursions.
Last week Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said: ‘Our rules of engagement are clear whoever violates our airspace.
United States jets have reportedly been ordered to keep 20 miles away from any Russian jets to avoid problems. And while Turkey is about to enter into a conflict with Russia, these unnecessary clashes are providing ISIS with the chance they need to wreak more havoc without fear of air strikes. Perhaps it’s time to put aside these petty conflicts and unite against a growing evil that’s slowly spreading into Western Europe.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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