Syrian arms dump blast kills 15 Russian workers

Fifteen Russian contractors employed in Syria were killed when an explosion rocked an arms depot at their base, in another deadly day for Moscow in the war-torn country.

It happened at the company’s weapons facility a few days ago in Deir Ezzor, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

It comes almost two weeks after the coalition killed at least 100 pro-regime fighters to fend off an attack on an SDF base. The US said dozens of Russian mercenaries were among them.