The author of the article asserts that between Moscow and Washington there is growing tension, which at any moment will lead to a collision. The struggle between Washington and Moscow for influence in Syria increases the danger of direct confrontation between Russia and the US, writes The Guardian. Recall, the last time the alarming situation arose on June 18, when the US Air Force shot down a fighter of the Syrian government forces. The next day, Russia announced that it would consider any American aircraft west of the Euphrates as a potential target. Immediately after that, Washington accused Moscow that its fighters had made a dangerous rapprochement with American planes in the sky over the Baltic Sea. "There was an impression of inexorably increasing tension and risks along all borders dividing the East and West. And in this case, the situation in which any error can cause a direct collision, it becomes a matter of time, "- said the publication. The most dangerous place continues to be Syria, where the war is drawing to a close, and President Bashar Assad appears to be confident that he will be able to regain power over the whole country. The author of the article believes that now, obviously, the struggle of international players for the dominant influence in the region. The Russian goals in Syria were clear from the very beginning - to preserve the country as a single state. Unlike Moscow, Washington's position looks inconsistent, the journalist notes.. When the president was Barack Obama, the US supported a variety of opposition groups and insisted that the withdrawal of Assad should be a precondition for any settlement. Many believed that the coming to power of Donald Trump would mark a sharp change in US policy towards Syria. "On the one hand, his hopes for improving relations with Russia assumed the possibility of an agreed settlement. On the other hand, Trump promised that the US would not interfere in foreign wars, "writes the publication. In fact, no change occurred. Rapprochement with Moscow never began. First Trump decided - or persuaded him to do it - to put into effect the proposed by Obama, not himself, the "red line". He then ordered the bombing of the Syrian airfield after the hematock in Idlib. Trump strikes back.

The attack on the base in Syria "The growing tension can be explained by the disorder in the US administration, where many positions continue to be vacant, and hostility towards Trump does not decrease," the journalist said.. The author summarizes that the final phase of the conflict in Syria can be dangerous, because the US-Russian rivalry for influence in the world increases the risk of an accidental war. Earlier Correspondent. Net understood the new conflict between Russia and the United States in Syria.

Original article: The risk of war between Russia and the US is growing - Guardian.