Joel Gehrke is foreign affairs reporter for the Washington Examiner, with an emphasis on U.S. competition with China and Russia, Middle East policy following the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, and the crisis in Venezuela. Previously, he covered domestic politics for National Review Online.
Israeli airstrikes in Syria “could lead to a region-wide war,” according to Russia, which accused the United States and Israel of chancing a conflict in their war-torn client state.
“It’s deflection meant to confuse diplomats while all Russia cares about is defending its proxies,” American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Michael Rubin told the Washington Examiner. “Perhaps the Syrians are basically saying, ‘How come you don't have our back?’ And this is Russia's way of appeasing the Syrians, to say, ‘OK, we're gonna say the right things, but that's all you're gonna get.’ I mean, it could just as easily be Russia.
Russia’s condemnation of the airport strikes coincided with a surge in Russian government criticism of American policy in Syria, including the claim that U.S. forces are violating “deconfliction protocols” with Russia. Kulit claimed that those purported violations involved “two pairs of Rafale fighters, a pair of F-16 fighter jets,” and a pair of Predator drones. Pentagon officials released video in July of Russian fighter jets harassing U.S. drones in Syria, including by dropping flares in the path of the unmanned aircraft.
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