Thread by @JulianRoepcke

#BREAKING
Massive car bomb attack on #Russian vehicles within a joint Turkish-Russian patrol on the M4 highway in #Idlib.
#Syria

#NewsMap
Exact location of the VBIED that happened shortly before the joint convoy entered #Ariha city.
First unconfirmed reports of three wounded Russian soldiers.
#Idlib #Syria

First high resolution image of the attack catches the moment, a Russian army vehicle is getting blown to the middle of the street by the power of the explosion.

Russia confirmed 3 WIA among its troops in the attack.
The hit vehicle (likely a GAZ "Tigr") was blown more than 30 meters to the side, so casualty figures will probably be updated later on.

#Breaking
Russia started retaliation air strikes in #Latakia province.
The Assad regime began shelling #Idlib province with artillery.
#Syria

#Update
Russian retaliation strikes continue.
No information on possible casualties so far.
#Syria

#Breaking
Hardcore Islamist group from #Chechnya claims VBIED attack that injured 3 Russian troops in #Syria's #Idlib province earlier today.

#Update
Main target of the group was not a Russian Army GAZ "Tigr", but a BTR-82A.

For all those, who missed it.
The attack was a SVBIED.
Luckily for the Russian soldiers, the attacker detonated 5 meters before reaching his target.

#Breaking
An IED hit a #TurkishArmy BMC Kirpi at almost exactly the same spot on the #M4 ...

#Odlib #Syria