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| 4 Russian servicemen killed in car blast in Syria – MoD | 4 Russian servicemen killed in car blast in Syria – MoD |
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| Four Russian servicemen were killed in Syria on February 16, when a radio controlled bomb targeting a Syrian military convoy exploded, the Russian Defense Ministry has said in a statement. | Four Russian servicemen were killed in Syria on February 16, when a radio controlled bomb targeting a Syrian military convoy exploded, the Russian Defense Ministry has said in a statement. |
| Two other Russian servicemen were injured in the blast, the Ministry added. | |
| The vehicle had been part of a Syrian Army convoy traveling to the city of Homs from the Tiyas airfield in central Syria’s Homs Province. | |
| Russian military advisers were in the car when it blew up, according to the ministry’s statement. | |
| When the vehicle was some four kilometers (2.5 miles) from the airfield, a radio-controlled improvised explosive device (RCIED) went off under the vehicle, the ministry said. | |
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