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With Russian and American bombers both targeting Isis strongholds, the lack of communication between the two sides risks a mid-air collision or contact between the two sets of aircraft. There has already been what was described as a “near miss” between aircraft from the two countries.A US Defence Department spokesman told reporters that combat aircraft from both sides came within visual contact of each other on Saturday, meaning that they were less than 20 miles apart. Despite the increasingly bitter words between the two countries, a third round of video conferences on air safety over Syria is now planned.