In Syria, under the mortar fire of terrorists, four employees of the Special Forces Center of the FSB of Russia were killed.

Several hours ago, a number of independent sources immediately reported the death of four employees of the Special Forces Center of the FSB of Russia in northern Syria. According to one of the sources, a large convoy of Russian and Syrian military personnel came under mortar fire from militants, as a result of which three employees of the Special Forces Center of the FSB of Russia, and several dozen SAA servicemen, were killed, and vehicles were also destroyed. Other sources report the death of only Russian representatives in Syria.

“Over the past 12 hours west of Aleppo in the direction of Al-Zahraa, 3 Russian troops, 65 soldiers of the Assad regime have been attacked. 30 Assad soldiers were injured. 1 tank, 1 rocket launcher and 5 pickups were destroyed ", - reports “PES ETMİYORUZ BİZ” on Twitter.

English source: 4 #Russian soldiers (Spec-OPS) killed in # Syria

- Last Defender (@LastDef) February 2, 2020

“4 Russian troops (special forces unit) killed in Syria”- reports “Last Defender” Twitter account, citing a certain Russian source of information.

The information on the deaths of four Russian servicemen is also confirmed by the Telegram community of the Special Purpose Channel, citing the following data:

“In Syria, as a result of mortar shelling, 4 employees of the Center for Special Purpose of the FSB of Russia died”

Similar data also are confirmed and the media.

It should be clarified that the militants really fired at the positions of the Syrian military using mortar and artillery fire, however, there is no official confirmation of this yet.