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    Syria Observatory: 15 Russian private security workers dead in Syria By AFP 14 hours ago Russian military vehicles in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province. Photo: TASS Russian military vehicles in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province. Photo: TASS Fifteen Russians employed in Syria by a private security company were killed when an unexplained explosion rocked an arms depot at their base in the war-torn country, a monitor said Wednesday. The incident happened at the company’s weapons storage facility at Tabiya Jazira a few days ago in the northeastern province of Deir Ezzor, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said the company in question was in charge of “protecting the oil and gas fields controlled by the Syrian regime”. “Fifteen Russians working for a Russian private security company were killed in an explosion at a weapons depot of the company in Tabiya Jazira in Deir Ezzor province,” he told AFP. Seven other people, mostly pro-regime Syrian fighters, died in the blast, he added. The Russian workers had been at the site when “regime forces were trying to take the Coneco gas field” controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters. Their reported deaths come after the US-led coalition against jihadists struck the Coneco plant on Thursday in retaliation for an attack on an SDF base near the gas field on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river. The US-led coalition said Thursday it killed at least 100 pro-regime fighters to fend off an attack on its allies in eastern Syria, in one its deadliest confrontations yet with forces backing Damascus. The Observatory, which relies on a network of sources on the ground in Syria, said 45 pro-regime fighters were killed. The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denounced the strikes as a “war crime”. The US-led coalition was established in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, but it has bombed troops loyal to Damascus on several occasions.

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    Syria Observatory: 15 Russian private security workers dead in Syria By AFP 14 hours ago Russian military vehicles in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province. Photo: TASS   Fifteen Russians employed in Syria… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Why Russia does not recognize the “Wagner” PMC

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    Original URL:  https://www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/articles/2018/02/14/750894-rossiya-ne-priznaet-vagner Google translation From the Editorial Board Why Russia does not recognize the “Wagner” PMC Political hypocrisy and provokes conflict with the US, and protects against its escalation February… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    How many Russians died in the American raid in Syria? All versions

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    Original URL:  https://meduza.io/feature/2018/02/13/skolko-rossiyan-pogibli-pri-amerikanskom-nalete-v-sirii-vse-versii Google translation How many Russians died in the American raid in Syria? All versions Meduza 19:02, 13 February 2018 Russian soldiers in the Syrian city of Deir ez… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Putin Is Struggling to Keep His Wars Separate

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    Putin Is Struggling to Keep His Wars Separate The troops who died in Syria are called mercenaries, not heroes. Will the Russian people buy that? by Leonid Bershidsky 209 February 14,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Mercenaries Hurt in U.S. Syria Strikes Are Treated at Russian Defense Hospitals

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    Mercenaries Hurt in U.S. Syria Strikes Are Treated at Russian Defense Hospitals By  Henry Meyer  and  Stepan Kravchenko February 14, 2018, 8:54 AM EST Mercenaries said to be taken to Russian… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Nothing To See Here: Moscow Tight-Lipped On Russian Deaths In Syria

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    Nothing To See Here: Moscow Tight-Lipped On Russian Deaths In Syria February 14, 2018 17:37 GMT Carl Schreck As details continue to emerge about multiple Russian fighters killed in U.S. air… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Widow Of Russian Mercenary Killed In Syria: ‘They Were Thrown Into Battle Like Pigs’

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    Widow Of Russian Mercenary Killed In Syria: ‘They Were Thrown Into Battle Like Pigs’ February 14, 2018 15:31 GMT Tony Wesolowsky Yelena Matveyeva says her husband’s parents have heard nothing about… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Kremlin Distances Itself From Reports Of Mercenary Deaths In Syria

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    Kremlin Distances Itself From Reports Of Mercenary Deaths In Syria Last Updated: February 14, 2018 14:19 GMT RFE/RL U.S. troops look toward the border with Turkey from a small outpost near… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    U.S. Coalition Kills Russians in Airstrikes Against Assad Supporters in Syria, Reports Say

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    U.S. Coalition Kills Russians in Airstrikes Against Assad Supporters in Syria, Reports Say By Tom O’Connor On 2/12/18 at 6:21 PM Share World U.S. Military Coalition Russian military Russia Syria ISIS… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    No information about reports of Russian mercenaries killed in Syria: Kremlin

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    No information about reports of Russian mercenaries killed in Syria: Kremlin Reuters•February 13, 2018 MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday it had no information about Russian mercenaries reportedly being… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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