MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US Embassy in Moscow is uninformed that Russia has allegedly demanded that Washington clear Syrian airspace of its military aircraft, US Embassy spokesman Will Stevens said Wednesday.
Fox News reported earlier in the day, citing a senior US official, that Russia had requested the United States to clear its airplanes from Syrian airspace immediately.
“I don't have anything on that topic,” Stevens said.
A US-led international coalition has been conducting airstrikes against Islamic State militant positions in Syria since 2014, without approval from Damascus or the UN Security Council.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stressed that Russia is the only country to be carrying out a military operation in Syria lawfully, as it was asked to do so by President Bashar Assad.
