Russia’s defense ministry said on Friday that its air force had “destroyed” a group of US-trained fighters in Syria on August 4.
Russian forces have helped Moscow’s ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to turn the tide against anti-government fighters, some of them backed by the United States or Turkey, in a civil war that has lasted over a decade.
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