At least four Russian cruise missiles were ‘misfired’ into Iran arising doubts on the coalition game being played in the Middle East, while Russia is adamant that all its rockets hit the targets.
US officials without naming themselves revealed that four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from the Caspian Sea landed in Iran. ‘It was unclear whether the missiles caused any damage.’
On Wednesday, Russia said it had fired 26 missiles at 11 targets in different parts of Syria from the sea about 1,500km away. On Thursday, it reiterated that all the rockets hit their targets.
The news came as Nato renewed assurances to defend its allies in view of Russia’s escalation in Syria.
Russia’s ambassador to Ankara had earlier been summoned three times in response to recent violations of Turkey’s airspace. Turkey is a Nato member.
The military alliance is also boosting its response forces to be able to deploy troops speedily.
Russia’s defence ministry says the latest series of air strikes hit 27 targets early on Thursday and that they all belonged to IS.
US Secretary of State John Kerry tells his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call that the two countries must move forward with technical talks on avoiding accidents in Syria.
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko an international news channel that ‘Russia wants to create a belt of instability from Syria to Ukraine’.
The US officials have provided no details of where the missiles might have landed.
