US Coalition F-15 Fighter Jets Mistakenly Attack Kurdish Unit Killing 6 Militias - Source

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th October, 2018) Two US-led coalition F-15 fighter jets carried out on Wednesday an airstrike on allied Kurdish unit in Syria as a result of poor coordination, killing six militias and wounding another 15, a military-diplomatic source told Sputnik.

"Because of the unprofessional actions of the US Air Force in regard to a Kurdish unit advancing on terrorists from the Islamic State organization [IS, banned in Russia], a bombing attack was carried out today by two F-15 fighters from the coalition forces. As a result, 6 Kurdish militias were killed and 15 more were seriously injured," the source said.

According to the source, Kurdish militia units with support of US-led coalition forces have been carrying out an unsuccessful offensive on IS stronghold in Hajin area in Syria's Der ez-Zor province for over six months.

"The imitation of the fight against terrorists in this region of Syria has been going on for more than six months and has been used by Washington to justify its illegal presence in this country," the source stressed.

The source added that the lack of coordination of actions between the command of the US forces and the SDF units had not only led to the disruption of another attempt to attack IS positions, but also to massive desertion of Kurds militias from the occupied area.

"All these facts testify to the failure of the US policy in Syria, which, like in neighboring Iraq, does not resolve the problems, but instead creates new ones for the whole region," the source concluded.