This was told by the official representative of the coalition against the terrorist group "Islamic State" * American Colonel Sean Ryan.
"The coalition is not involved in this. It's hard to comment, because it just happened. And I'm sure that the investigation is already underway. More I can not comment on anything, "TASS quoted him.
Earlier, the US Mission to the United Nations expressed its condolences in connection with the collapse of the Russian Il-20 off the coast of Syria.
September 18, the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that in the Mediterranean Sea during the attack of Israeli F-16 aircraft on Syrian facilities, the Russian Il-20 aircraft disappeared. Later, the department indicated that the aircraft crashed, the reason for which was that the Israeli Air Force pilots were hiding behind it, substituting the plane for the fire of Syrian air defense weapons.
* "Islamic State" (IG) - the organization is recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.