On Monday, the US-backed Syrian militia said that Russian warplanes struck him on the airstrike in the district of Deir ez-Zor, the largest oil and gas fields in the country and batted according to them the terrorists of ISIS a few days ago. Moscow this fact denies. The representative of the Russian defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov stated that the airstrikes really are applied by the Russian military near Deir ez-Zor, but only dot, explored and confirmed in advance the strong points of the LIH. Russian drones, which according to Konashenkov, the clock control the territory, has not fixed any clashes between ISIS militants and soldiers of the Syrian democratic forces.
As reports Reuters, citing Syrian democratic forces (SDF) and the Union of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting together with the US-led coalition, the attack caused the death of one soldier and injuries to two more soldiers.
According to the Agency AFP, the Russian air strike killed 37 civilians, among them 12 children. Most of the victims of Jisr ash-Shugur.
Moscow, in turn, argues that as a result of the operation killed a Russian General-Lieutenant Valery Isupovwho participated in the liberation of Deir ez-Zor and the return of the city under the control of the government.
Press Secretary of the US-led coalition was able only to report the exact location of strikes – the place of deployment of the SDF, but the information that the shelling led that Russia is not confirmed.
Activists and various monitoring groups also reported airstrikes in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib and Hama, and the clashes between rebels and Pro-government forces in Northern Syria and on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
