Russia general killed in Syria fighting
Posted September 24, 2017 7:00 am
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry says a general has been killed in fighting in Syria.
The ministry said Sunday that Lt. Gen. Valery Asapov "was at a command post of Syrian troops, assisting the Syrian commanders in the operation for the liberation of the city of Deir ez-Zor."
State news agency Tass reported that "as a result of a mortar shelling by the IS (Islamic State group), Asapov was mortally wounded."
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