Two Russian military helicopters come under fire in the Syrian province of Al-Hasakah. The incident occurred on Tuesday, September 26, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Al-Dardara. The fire was led by the Turkish military, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. According to the Syrian news agency North Press Agency, two helicopters of the Russian Military Space Forces were under fire.

Helicopters attacked the positions of the Turkish army and pro-Turkish groups near the city of Tal Tamr. The Turkish military launched a missile strike, but the missiles did not hit the target. Russian pilots fired heat traps and left the area.

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Almost half of Syria's pre-war population is either displaced or lives in neighboring countries or Europe as refugees. The war claimed the lives of almost half a million people, tens of thousands are missing.

The conflict began in 2011 after the government suppressed peaceful protests, turning the opposition against the Assad family's decades-old rule into an armed uprising.. Assad came to power in 2000 after the death of his father Hafez, who seized power in 1970 in a bloodless military coup.

Despite a ceasefire since March 2020, government shells fired on the northwestern village of Serge in Idlib province on Saturday. Among the six killed was also a volunteer from White Helmets, civil defense in opposition areas.

Violence has escalated in the enclave in recent weeks as government forces seek to regain control of an area of \u200b\u200bnearly 4 million people..

The truce was struck between Turkey, which supports the Syrian opposition and has troops stationed in the area, and Russia, the main supporter of the Syrian government.. At the time, he stopped a crushing Russian-backed government air and ground campaign to reclaim the region..

According to UNICEF, fighting in Syria last year confirmed 512 children were killed, most of them in the northwest, home to 1.7 million vulnerable children, many of whom have fled from violence on several occasions..

Read more about the war in Syria in Nikolai Zamikula's article "