Syria conflict: US-Russia air safety talks after 'near miss'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Syria conflict: US-Russia air safety talks after 'near miss'

13 October 2015 Middle East

The US and Russia are to hold new talks on air safety in Syria after it emerged combat aircraft from both nations came within miles of each other on Saturday.

It will be the third round of talks as the two countries seek to find ways of avoiding an accidental conflict.

US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said he expected a deal soon. Russia said it had "updated proposals" to be discussed during a video conference.

Despite the talks, the US said Russia's actions in Syria were "wrongheaded".

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[Fred Sanders]

1. I don't get it. Russia and America have been playing hide and seek with their toys for fucking

decades and they still can not figure out how to not accidentally shoot each other in their state of that war machinery when they both know exactly where each other is???

More "buzz" for the media to weave into pundit tales.

Although, on second thought, repeatedly bombing a clearly marked and known hospital by the most awesome Air Force ever, a state of the art equipped American warplane supported by state of the art air support and intelligence - maybe the technology is not so hot after all.

[pscot]

2. They better get this sorted

before things go badly wrong.