Russian military adviser killed in militant attack in Syria

DAMASCUS - 12 July 2017: A Russian military adviser has been killed in an attack staged by militants and targeting the Syrian military in Hama province, Russia Today quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying in a statement.

Nikolay Afanasov was serving in Syria as a member of the Russian military advisers' mission and was tasked with training Syrian ground forces, the ministry said Tuesday.

The captain was granted a state decoration posthumously.