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The 2017 Russian Air Force Al-Bab incident occurred when three Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 injured after a Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M attacked Turkish soldiers accidentally at al-Bab, Syria.[1]
| 2017 Russian Air Force Al-Bab incident | |||||
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| Part of the Turkish military intervention in Syria, and the Russian military intervention in Syria | |||||
 A Tupolev Tu-22M (similar to the incident aircraft) | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Russian Armed Forces |
 Turkish Armed Forces | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Viktor Bondarev | Zekai Aksakallı | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| Strength | |||||
| 1 Tu-22M bomber | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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3 Turkish soldiers killed 11 injured | |||||
A Tupolev Tu-22M flying a strike mission against a building in al-Bab, Syria suspected of containing Islamic State fighters, dropped a bomb on a Turkish army position. The bombing killed 3 Turkish troops and injured 11 others. Turkish military officials called the strike "accidental" and an incident of "friendly fire".[2][3] Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, said that the pilots had "guided by co-ordinates" given to them by Turkish personnel and that, "there should not have been Turkish troops at those co-ordinates." This charge was denied by Turkish officials.[4]
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The Turkish General Staff announced that a Russian war plane targeted Turkish soldiers by accident. After the Russian Government confirmed the action, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and expressed his regret.[5]
Turkey - Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) head Devlet Bahçeli on February 12 slammed a Russian statement on the "friendly fire" in Syria's al-Bab on February 10 that led to the deaths of three Turkish soldiers, describing it as a shame.[6] “The issue is so important that it cannot be dodged with a condolence message,” said Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in a post on Twitter over the developments in Syria.[7]
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