Citing the data provided by the Syrian General Staff, MoD spokesman said that between 19:40 and 19:55 on December 6, 2015 aircraft of the Western coalition carried out a strike against the field camp of the 168th brigade of the 7th division of the Syrian government forces, located 2 kilometers west of the Deir ez-Zor airfield.
Aircraft from two other nations besides american were seen in skies above Deir ez-Zor during airstrikes against the Syrian army positions on December 6:
"There were two pairs of aircraft belonging to two other members of the US-led anti-Daesh coalition in the skies over Deir ez-Zor. If those aircraft aren`t related to the airstrike in question, then why are the Pentagon officials, those in charge of the anti-Daesh coalition, keeping quiet about the presence of their allies` aircraft in the vicinity of Deir ez-Zor on December 6."
The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov also denied foreign media reports that Russia was setting up new airbases in Syria:
“Information about the alleged deployment of a new Russian airbase near the populated area of Shairat — the information was then picked up by Reuters — first appeared in an unknown Kuwaiti newspaper. You don’t have to be a bright military expert to understand that it only takes 30-40 minutes for any Russian airplane to reach the furthest point in Syria from the Hmeymim airbase, where the Russian aviation group is based.”
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