I WISH to refer to the article published by your esteemed newspaper on December 17, 2017, “Pentagon alarmed by uptick in close calls with Russian jets in Syria” from the AFP news agency. It deployed chaff and created disturbance for the Russian aircraft. Only after those actions did the American aircraft leave the area. It is also bewildering when the US officials sometimes claim the US has its own airspace in Syria. Syria is a sovereign and independent state and there can be only one airspace there — and that is the airspace of Syria.

Source: Manila Times December 20, 2017 16:52 UTC