Russian military adviser dies in Syria
A Russian Military Adviser died in Syria on the 1st of February. The Military reported this to Interfax yesterday.
According to the Defense Ministry, the Military Adviser was in Syria to assist the Syrian army in supplying new weapons under existing contracts of interstate military-technical cooperation.
On the 1st of February, the officer received a mortal wound as a result of a mortar attack by terrorists of the so-called Islamic State. This occurred at one of their military garrisons, which is also the location of one of the Syrian army’s compounds.