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Russian Humanitarian Convoys Come Under Fire in Syria - Defense Ministry

© AP Photo / Pavel GolovkinPeople gather around a Russian military truck to receive a food aid in Maarzaf, about 15 kilometers west of Hama, Syria, Wednesday, March 2, 2016
People gather around a Russian military truck to receive a food aid in Maarzaf, about 15 kilometers west of Hama, Syria, Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Defense Ministry said that Russian humanitarian convoys in Syria have come under fire from militants in the past 24 hours.

Special advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Jan Egeland addresses a news conference after a meeting of the Task Force for Humanitarian Access at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, March 17, 2016. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Russian humanitarian convoys in Syria have come under fire from militants in the past 24 hours, no casualties have been sustained, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

"During the delivery of humanitarian cargo to settlements of Harasta in the Damascus province and Kafer-Nan in the Hama province, the Russian humanitarian convoys came under fire from militants," the ministry said in a daily bulletin posted on its website.

"None of the personnel of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation or Syrian representatives taking part in the humanitarian missions, sustained injuries," the bulletin said.

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