In what can be viewed as a hushed up military occurrence in war-torn Syria last week, about 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked Russian private military firm were either killed or wounded by U.S.-led coalition forces, the Business Insider website reports today (February 16, 2018).
A Russian military doctor said about 100 had been killed. The wounded were taken to hospitals in Russia for treatment.
The timing of the casualties coincided with a battle on February 7 near the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, where U.S.-led coalition forces attacked forces aligned with Moscow's ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The clashes show that Moscow is more deeply involved in Syria militarily than it has said, and that it risks being drawn into a direct confrontation with the U.S. in Syria.
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