SYRIA BREAKING: RUSSIA REPORTS AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR DURING ISRAELI AIR ATTACK
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"The ministry specified that "the mark of IL-20 went off the radars disappeared during the attack of four Israeli F-16 on Syrian targets in the province of Latakia."
Russian News Agency Tass at 7:32 PM Eastern Time US
In bold letters bordered in red, "Russia Today" is posting this at the top of its page:
'FRENCH FRIGATE LAUNCHES MISSILES OFF SYRIA'S COAST AS RUSSIAN MILITARY PLANE GOES MISSING-MOD'
Russia's defense ministry statement says in part:
"the Russian radars fixed missile launches from the French frigate Auvergne, which was in that area"
Russia says the plane had a crew of 14. The incident occurred at 4PM Eastern time in the US.
"Haaretz" in Israel reports: "Unusual strikes attributed to Israel by Arab media"
It looks like the censors may be keeping Israeli reporting limited tonight, we shall see in the hours ahead.
CNN is reporting from the Pentagon on their version of what happened.:
"A Russian maritime patrol aircraft with multiple personnel on board was inadvertently shot down by Syrian regime anti-aircraft artillery.....The US official said the regime was actually trying to stop a barrage of Israeli missiles. A second official confirmed that Israel was responsible for the missile strikes on the Syrian regime."
CNN Story
A source covering the situation in Syria is "Southfront" and here is their report on tonight's airstrikes associated with the downing of the Russian aircraft.
Southfront Story 9/17/2018 Syria Airstrikes
It was very interesting that Israel chose to strike in the northern region of Syria which was under discussion by Putin and Erdogan in recent hours with the Israeli strike coming on the eve of Yom Kippur which begins at sundown Tuesday September 18th.
A source covering the situation in Syria is "Southfront" and here is their report on tonight's airstrikes associated with the downing of the Russian aircraft.
Southfront Story 9/17/2018 Syria Airstrikes
It was very interesting that Israel chose to strike in the northern region of Syria which was under discussion by Putin and Erdogan in recent hours with the Israeli strike coming on the eve of Yom Kippur which begins at sundown Tuesday September 18th.
Tonight's incident comes hours after Turkey and Russia agreed to a buffer zone in northern Syria to move militant Al-Qaeda forces further north into unpopulated areas away from the Syrian military.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached agreement at a meeting in Sochi, Russia today.
(THIS POST IS OVER AT 115AM EASTERN SEPTEMBER 18TH)
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