MOSCOW: Russia is to send 175 de-mining engineers to defuse mines in Syria’s Deir Ezzor, Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying on Monday.
The first detachment of 40 de-miners has already been deployed to Russia’s Hmeimim air base in Syria, the ministry said.
Syrian government forces and US-backed militias converged on Islamic State in separate offensives against the militants in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on Sunday.
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Russia sends 175 de-miners to Syria’s Deir Ezzor — Interfax
Russia sends 175 de-miners to Syria’s Deir Ezzor — Interfax
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