The military-thematic section of the Chinese edition of Sohu published material, which presents an attempt to analyze the missile strike inflicted by the American military aviation on the eastern part of Syria. Recall, what the Pentagon said about 11 purposes. first reported, that among the targets were the Iranian military, then the messages were corrected: airstrikes were carried out on pro-Iranian armed formations.
In the Chinese Sohu, it is discussed that, How long after the warning from the Russian side through a special channel of military communication did the US Air Force planes strike?. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, this time was 4-5 minutes, turning the very notification of the prevention of possible incidents into a formality.
The author on the pages of a Chinese media resource writes about, that with its airstrike and the timing of informing the Russian side, “the United States is sending the Russians a signal that, so that their military in Syria stay away from Iranian troops and pro-Iranian troops, did not contact them ".
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Warning for 5 minutes before the strike, Washington makes it clear to the Russians in Syria, what if they are next to these units, that time for that, it just won't be enough to take cover or run away.
Also in Sohu it is indicated that, that “it is likely, that pro-Iranian Shiite formations entered Syria without even warning the allied forces ". And that's why, as the author writes on the pages in Sohu, Russian reaction to US strike "doesn't look tough yet".
