Russia says 4 of its soldiers have been killed in Syria
MOSCOW — A clash with “terrorists” in eastern Syria killed four Russian soldiers and wounded others, the Russian Defence Ministry said Sunday.
Russian and Syrian government troops and pro-government gunmen have been fighting members of the Islamic State group in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour where the extremists resumed their attacks against government forces and their allies in recent weeks.
The Russian ministry said that the dead were military advisers attached to a Syrian army unit in the Deir el-Zour.
In a statement reported by Russian news agencies, the ministry said “two Russian military advisers, who controlled fire of the Syrian battery, died at the scene.” It says five others were wounded, two of whom died in a Russian military hospital.