Russia has called on Friday Washington to resume direct cooperation military cooperation between the parties, in order to avoid "incidents of unintended" near Syria at a time when US officials said Moscow was gathering military force to protect the government President Bashar al-Assad.
The United States is leading a campaign of air strikes against targets and militants Syrian airspace, hence a greater presence Russia will enhance the chances that the superpowers, once the enemy during the Cold War, to face each other in this battlefield.
As Moscow and Washington have stated that their common enemy is called the Islamic State. But Russia has come out in support of Assad's government, while the United States has long claimed that his presence in the government makes the situation even more aggravated.
Lebanese sources have told "Reuters" that at least some Russian troops have entered and are involved in combat operations in support of Assad's government. Moscow has refused to make comments on these reports, at least so far.
But at a press conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Russia sent military tools to help Assad fight Islamic State. Russian soldiers are already in Syria, he confirmed the Russian diplomat, who added that initially they will help to teach the operation of military vehicles Syrian soldiers.
Russia, in turn, is developing the maritime military exercise in the eastern Mediterranean, which he described as the exercise provided by a long time and in full compliance with international law.
Lavrov blamed further Washington communications cease direct military between Russia and NATO (which have come about because of the crisis in Ukraine), adding that such contacts have been increasingly "important to avoid incidents of unwanted and unintended "