MOSCOW (AP) — A clash with “terrorists” in eastern Syria killed four Russian soldiers and wounded others, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Russian and Syrian government troops and pro-government gunmen have been fighting members of the Islamic State group in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour where the extremists resumed their attacks against government forces and their allies in recent weeks.

The Russian ministry said that the dead were military advisers attached to a Syrian army unit in the Deir el-Zour.

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