Syria: A Russian general was killed by a mortar shell at Deir ez-Zor

[The SC]

The announcement made on 24 September by the Russian Ministry of Defense is unusual. He said that one of his generals had been killed in the fighting currently being waged by Syrian government forces against the Islamic state ( Daesh) in the province of Deir ez-Zor.

"Major General Valeri Assapov perished in Syria in shots from the terrorists of Daech [...]. He was mortally wounded by a shell in an unexpected shot of mortar, "said the Russian General Staff. The officer "was at a command post of the Syrian troops. His mission was to help the commanders of the Syrian army to direct the liberation of Deir ez-Zor, "he said, adding that he will be decorated posthumously.

http://www.opex360.com/2017/09/25/syrie-un-general-russe-ete-tue-par-un-obus-de-mortier-deir-ez-zor/
http://www.opex360.com/2017/09/25/syrie-un-general-russe-ete-tue-par-un-obus-de-mortier-deir-ez-zor/
Major General Valeri Assapov was the commander of the fifth Russian army, the highest general lost by Russia since the war in Afghanistan..

The dead included a Syrian colonel and translators..

 

[Eagle_storm]

CIA or MOSSAD
OR BOTH
OR MAY BE THE SON ISIS OF BOTH.