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Russian military doctors return from Syria

Xinhua, January 19, 2017 Adjust font size:

Russian military doctors have returned home after completing their mission in Syria, reported the Russian news agency RIA Novosti Thursday.

"An Ilyushin-76 plane of the Russian Aerospace Force's military transport aviation, with servicemen from the special purpose medical unit aboard, landed at Novosibirsk's Tolmachevo airport returning from the Hmeimim air base," the RIA Novosti quoted the district's spokesperson as saying.

According to the district's press service, more than 100 servicemen, doctors and medical staff from the unit worked at the Russian military base in Syria.

After a truce in Syria took effect on December 30, 2016, Russia began to curtail its military presence in the country. The Northern Fleet aircraft carrier strike group was the first to leave the region. Endi