MOSCOW (Reuters) - A major in Russia's marines has been killed in combat in Syria, a former marine who served with him and a person close to the Russian Black Sea Fleet told Reuters on Thursday.
Russian forces are backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his war with rebels and militants seeking to oust him. The Russian Defence Ministry has reported that about 30 Russian servicemen have been killed in Syria since the start of the Kremlin's operation there in September 2015.
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