Russia's military downed a small drone near Hmyemim Air Base in Latakia after a bloody exchange between Syrian and Turkish troops.
The Russian armed forces have downed a drone near their base in northwestern Syria, a restive region recently beset by deadly violence between the country's military and neighboring Turkey.
A Syrian soldier positioned in the Tallet el-Abyad area looks at a Turkish military observation post in Al-Rashidin district, in Aleppo's southwestern countryside during an ongoing pro-government offensive, on January 30.
"Turkish Air Force aircraft did not violate Syria's borders, no airstrikes on the positions of Syrian troops have been recorded," a statement issued Monday by the Russian military's Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria read.
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