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The Russian military has continued to press its claim that a Belgian air strike killed six Syrian villagers despite Belgium’s demand for a retraction.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said on October 20 that Russia has radar evidence that two Belgian F-16 fighter jets struck the Kurdish village of Hassajek near Syria’s border with Turkey on October 18.

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