A Russian fighter was killed and several others wounded in Syria's northern province of Aleppo on June 12, a war monitor and a Kurdish security source said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors conflict in Syria, said the Russian casualties occurred when the convoy they were traveling in was hit by Turkish shelling. The security source said the attack came from an area where Turkish troops are deployed and that the wounded were treated in a hospital in a nearby area controlled by Kurdish forces. The Russian Defense Ministry didn’t immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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