US General Votel: Russia’s S-300 Deployment in Syria a ‘Needless Escalation’

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With the US endless protection of the “Israeli” interests, US General Joseph Votel, in charge of overseeing America’s military involvement in the Middle East, considered on Thursday that the Russian deployment of advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Syria is a “needless escalation.”

Votel, the head of US Central Command, defending “Israeli” interests and security, blasted Russia over its unnecessary deployment of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system, which Moscow installed after the accidental downing of a Russian military plane by Syrian forces.

The deployment of the missiles “appears to be an effort to cover for Iranian and Syrian regime nefarious activities in Syria. So, again, I think this is a needless, needless escalation,” Votel stressed to the Pentagon reporters.

He further claimed that Washington was aware of the capabilities of the S-300 missiles, and their deployment to Syria would not affect US military activities.

“Our forces here have been operating under a latent anti-air threat for some time and we will continue to do so,” he said.

Russia announced last week that it would boost security measures in Syria following the downing of a Russian military plane by an S-200 missile, in a mistake that Moscow blamed on nearby “Israeli” planes.

In the same respect, “Israel” and the United States protested the decision to supply Syria with the S-300, which “Israel” claims it could complicate its ongoing attempts to prevent Iran “deepening its military presence in Syria and to thwart the transfer of weapons in Syria to Hezbollah.”

Relatively, Moscow accused the Zionist entity of using its IL-20 spy plane as a shield after the September 17 plane incident, which occurred as four “Israeli” fighter jets conducted an airstrike near Syria’s coastal city of Latakia.

The Zionist entity has carried out hundreds of strikes against Syria over the last several years.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team