A Russian lieutenant was killed in Syria

According to the French "Figaro" reported on September 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on September 24 local time, in the eastern part of Syria near the Delyur region, the Russian army lieutenant general Valery Asaph Organization of the "Islamic State" (IS) in a bombing attack dead.

24, the Russian Defense Ministry said that in the IS implementation of the mortar bombing, General Assabov (Valeri Assapov) suffered a shell attack and died. The Russian Defense Ministry added that the general was a military adviser to the Syrian government forces. At the time of the incident, he served a commander in the Syrian army to help Syrian officers command the liberation of Dyer Zul's actions.

Reported that the Dyer Zul is IS in Syria occupied the last region, is currently facing the two forces were counterattack, one of which is supported by Russia, Bashar al-Assad led the army, the other Is the United States to support the Syrian democracy. At the beginning of September, the Syrian army broke the occupation of the "jihad" elements in part of the area of Dyerzu for nearly three years and tried to expel the extremist organization from the last few blocks.