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Turkish soldiers killed in unintentional Russian aircraft strike

Türkiye Materials 9 February 2017 19:24 (UTC +04:00)
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 injured in Syria as a result of an unintentional strike of the Russian aircraft, Haberturk TV channel has reported citing Turkey’s General Staff
Turkish soldiers killed in unintentional Russian aircraft strike

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 9

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Three Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 injured in Syria as a result of an unintentional strike of the Russian aircraft, Haberturk TV channel has reported citing Turkey’s General Staff.

“Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov has expressed his condolences to General Hulusi Akar over the death of three Turkish servicemen in the area of the town of al-Bab as a result of a Russian warplane’s unintentional air strike,” TASS reported citing a message from Russia’s Defense Ministry.

“The Russian bombers were performing a combat mission to destroy the positions of the “Islamic State” terrorist group militants in the area of the town of al-Bab,” the ministry said.

In a phone conversation, the chiefs of general staff of Russia and Turkey have agreed to closer coordinate joint actions in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over an unintentional air strike against Turkish military in Syria, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

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