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Sunday, May 27, 2018
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Sunday, May 27, 2018
6 Syria regime, 9 Russia fighters killed in IS attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAt least 26 Syrian regime forces and nine Russian fighters have been killed in an Islamic State group attack earlier this week in Syria’s eastern desert, a monitor says.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the jihadists had targeted a group of Syrian and allied Russian fighters near the town of Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor province on Wednesday.
“There were 35 pro-government forces killed, including at least nine Russians. Some of those Russian nationals were government troops, but not all of them,” says Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
The remaining 26 were all Syrian forces, he tells AFP.
— AFP
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