Roadside bomb hits Russian-Turkish patrol on key Syrian highway
The Russian military said Tuesday that three Russian troops and an unspecified number of Turkish soldiers were injured in the attack.
Three Russian soldiers were injured after a roadside bomb exploded near their joint Turkish-Russian patrol in rebel-held northwest Syria, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.
The incident took place in southern Idlib province, where Russian and Turkish troops have been carrying out patrols along the strategic M4 highway connecting Aleppo and Latakia provinces.
"On July 14, at about 8:50 Moscow time, an improvised explosive device detonated near the settlement of [Ariha],” reported the Russian reconciliation center in Syria, as quoted by the TASS news agency.
The Russian troops sustained “light injuries” and an unspecified number of Turkish troops were also injured in the blast. The wounded Russian soldiers were evacuated to the Khmeimim air base in Latakia for medical care, TASS reported.
