Russian Pilots Tried To ‘Dogfight’ American Jets To “Provoke International Incident”

"Tensions are flaring after a US Central Command spokesman saidthat Russian pilots
attempted to “dogfight” US jets flying over Syria.

A US official told CNN that the Russian pilots were not really trying to shoot down the US jets but were potentially trying to “draw us into an international incident” or “provoke” the US into war." TP