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(17 Aug 2018) Russian air defence assets in Syria have downed 45 drones targeting their main base in the country, its military said on Thursday, after an attack by the Islamic State group on a Syrian army base a day earlier killed seven troops.
The Russian Defence Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, said that five of them were shot down in the last three days near the Hemeimeem air base.
The base in the province of Latakia serves as the main hub for Russian operations in Syria.
Konashenkov said that while the drones appear primitive, they use sophisticated technologies and have a range of up to 100 kilometres (60 miles).  
He charged that the militants wouldn't have been able to assemble the drones without outside help, but didn't specify who might have assisted them.
The Russian general noted that the number of drone attacks have increased recently, adding that all of them were launched by militants based in the northern province of Idlib.
Idlib has become the main base for President Bashar Assad's foes, which moved there after being forced out from other areas across Syria as part of surrender deals often negotiated with the Russians on behalf of the Syrian government.

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