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Syria: Russia sorry for killing three Turks

RUSSIA apologised yesterday for accidentally killing three Turkish soldiers in an air raid in northern Syria.

Eleven Turkish soldiers were also injured when the air strike hit a building near al-Bab, the Isis-occupied town north-east of Aleppo where Syrian forces are also fighting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promptly called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express regret over the “tragic incident.”

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