Russia general killed in Syria fighting

By The Associated Press

Posted September 24, 2017 3:28 pm.

Last Updated September 24, 2017 4:00 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

MOSCOW – Russia’s Defence Ministry says a general has been killed in fighting in Syria.

The ministry said Sunday that Lt. Gen. Valery Asapov “was at a command post of Syrian troops, assisting the Syrian commanders in the operation for the liberation of the city of Deir ez-Zor.”

State news agency Tass reported that “as a result of a mortar shelling by the IS (Islamic State group), Asapov was mortally wounded.”

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