DODAn American warplane "immediately" shot down a Syrian fighter jet that the U.S. military accused of dropping bombs "near" U.S. -backed fighters in a town in the Raqqa province "in accordance with the rules of engagement and in collective self-defense of Coalition partnered forces", read a statement from the U.S. Central Command declares. And the USA -led coalition conducts missions in areas west of the Euphrates River near Manbij and Al Bab, two towns retaken from ISIS by US -backed rebel forces.
An American F18 Super Hornet shot down the plane after it dropped bombs near USA -backed forces near Raqqa, Syria.
It is the first time in the Syrian conflict that the US-led coalition has shot down a Syrian jet.
Two hours later, the USA military said it shot down the Syrian warplane, acting "in collective self-defense of Coalition partnered forces".
As CNSNews.com reported, the US downed a Syrian plane flying over Syria after the regime of Bashar al-Assad dropped bombs near USA -backed rebels near the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa.
The most recent was in April when the US fired missiles at a Syrian air base following a chemical weapons attack that Washington blamed on the Assad government.
The Russian defence ministry went on to say in a statement that all aircraft belonging to the US -led coalition operating west of the Euphrates "will be tracked by the Russian (surface-to-air missile) systems as targets".
Viktor Ozerov, chairman of the defense and security committee at the upper chamber of Russian parliament, described his Defense Ministry's statement as a warning.
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These strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
We call on Russian Federation to continue to use these measures.
Russia's defense ministry says it is suspending coordination with the United States in Syria over so-called "de-confliction zones" after the Americans downed a Syrian government fighter jet.
The threat may bear little teeth given that the majority of US anti-ISIS operations occur east of the Euphrates river.
"Pro Syrian regime forces" had launched an attack on Ja'Din Sunday afternoon, retaking the town from the Syrian Democratic Forces or SDF, the network of Arab and Kurdish militias tasked by the US coalition to liberate Raqqa. Both recent US air-to-air engagements come after attempts by the Syrian regime and its proxies to attack USA backed anti-ISIS fighters.
On June 18, the Syrian army said that the US-led coalition had brought down its aircraft in southern Raqqa countryside when it was fulfilling its mission against Daesh.
The Russian military alleged that in Sunday's incident, "the command of the coalition forces did not use the established communication channel for preventing incidents in Syrian airspace".
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