The US has accused Russia of its warplanes coming dangerously close to US drones in Syria and attempting to disrupt the flight.

According to the Associated Press, the tension between the two countries in Syria is not a new thing, because in addition to ground patrols, flights are also conducted in Syria.

Syria has been in a state of war for the past 12 years, due to which nearly five lakh have been killed and more than one million injured.

US military officials said in a statement that the three MQ-Nine drones were once again put into trouble in a two-hour aerial pursuit.

According to the statement, ‘Russian ships passed dangerously close to the drones 18 times.’

Oleg Grinov, Russia’s special envoy for Syria, said earlier this week that Russia and the Syrian army have begun joint exercises that will end on Monday.

In a statement released by the Syrian state media, Greenov further said that Russia is concerned about the flights of American drones in Syrian airspace.

He also described the US move as a ‘systematic violation’ of the protocols that have been set up to avoid confrontation between the two countries.

US military officials said for the first time on Wednesday that a Russian aircraft showed “unsafe and unprofessional” behavior near US and French drones as the MQ-Nine drones were conducting an operation against ISIS.

The United States and France are part of an international coalition fighting ISIS in Syria, which in the past has seized most of Syria and established a caliphate.

Even after ISIS was defeated in 2017, the militants have continued to carry out deadly attacks on soldiers of both countries.

Russia joined the Syrian war in September 2015, since then it has been working in support of President Bashar al-Assad, and its ships have been carrying out strikes against extremist groups in northeastern Syria.

On Friday, a US drone targeted a motorcyclist who human rights groups said belonged to ISIS.