In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian government soldiers gather on a hill at the entrance of Palmyra, central Syria, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Photo: AP)
A Russian special forces officer has been killed in fighting near Syria's Palmyra, a military representative at the Russian base in Syria was quoted by Russian agencies as saying Thursday.
"An officer of Russian special operations forces was killed near Palmyra while carrying out a special task to direct Russian airstrikes at Islamic State group targets," the unnamed representative said, without detailing the date of the incident.
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