Syrian Jets Unable to Fly at Night, Not Behind Attack on Aid Convoy Near Aleppo

The Syrian Arab Air Force could not have been involved in a recent attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in the vicinity of the Syrian city of Aleppo as it cannot carry out operations after daylight hours, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday.

On Monday, the UN officials said that an aid convoy was hit near Aleppo and there were casualties. Several western officials, including the ones from the White House, have blamed the attack on Russia and Syria. The Russian authorities have refuted the allegations.

"Our military have already made statements that our aircraft did not operate here. The Syrian aircraft could not have operated [there], because the attack against the convoy was conducted in the night time and the Syrian Air Force does not perform flights in this time, it has no such capabilities. The attack took place after humanitarian cargo had already been offloaded in eastern Aleppo," Lavrov said as broadcast on the Rossiya-1 television channel......http://sptnkne.ws/cnba
21/9/16
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