A small number of US troops were injured during an interaction with Russian forces in Syria, two US officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

While such interactions between American and Russian forces are not rare, the incident highlights the risks of troops from both countries operating in close proximity in northern Syria and the potential for an escalation in tensions.

One of the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the injuries were a result of a collision and not any exchange of fire.

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The other official said the incident took place earlier this week in northeastern Syria and the injuries were mild.

The Pentagon and the US military's Central Command, which oversees US forces in the region, declined to comment.

The US military does not generally comment on injuries. However, last month a paratrooper was killed during a vehicle rollover accident in eastern Syria.

Videos on social media showed Russian military vehicles, backed by a pair of helicopters, driving dangerously close to US&nbsp;armored vehicles. The origin of the videos was unclear.

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Earlier this year, another video showed a close interaction between troops on a Syrian road.

About 500 US forces remain in northern Syria after a sharp reduction in troops that were initially there to drive out Islamic State militants from all of their strongholds in the country.

Some of the areas also have oil resources, something President Donald Trump has cited as a justification for keeping US troops partnered with Kurdish allies in the region.

The injuries were first reported by Politico.

A small number of US troops were injured during an interaction with Russian forces in Syria, two US officials told Reuters on Wednesday. While such interactions between American and Russian forces are not rare, the incident highlights the risks of troops from both countries operating in close proximity in northern Syria and the potential for an escalation in tensions.

A small number of US troops were injured during an interaction with Russian forces in Syria, two US officials told Reuters on Wednesday. While such interactions between American and Russian forces are not rare, the incident highlights the risks of troops from both countries operating in close proximity in northern Syria and the potential for an escalation in tensions. One of the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the injuries were a result of a collision and not any exchange of fire. Also read: Turkey and Greece mobilize their navies; come close to military confrontation The other official said the incident took place earlier this week in northeastern Syria and the injuries were mild. The Pentagon and the US military's Central Command, which oversees US forces in the region, declined to comment. The US military does not generally comment on injuries. However, last month a paratrooper was killed during a vehicle rollover accident in eastern Syria. Videos on social media showed Russian military vehicles, backed by a pair of helicopters, driving dangerously close to US armored vehicles. The origin of the videos was unclear. Also read: Russian Opposition leader Navalny poisoned with cholinesterase inhibitors, says German hospital Earlier this year, another video showed a close interaction between troops on a Syrian road. About 500 US forces remain in northern Syria after a sharp reduction in troops that were initially there to drive out Islamic State militants from all of their strongholds in the country. Some of the areas also have oil resources, something President Donald Trump has cited as a justification for keeping US troops partnered with Kurdish allies in the region. The injuries were first reported by Politico.

US troops injured in interaction with Russian forces in Syria: US officials

Robots will replace&nbsp;soldiers on the battlefield in Russia according to Vitaly Davydov, the deputy director of the country's Advanced Research Foundation.

Davydov said ''living fighters will gradually begin to be replaced by their robotic ‘'brothers’ who can act faster, more accurately and more selectively than people.''

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Russia seeking to augment its existing military with new, autonomous capabilities.

The Russian Ministry of Defence is working on a new generation of combat machines for training and possible future use although some the country's robots have&nbsp;underperformed expectations in combat.

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At the center of this design is an uncrewed ground vehicle called the&nbsp;Marker UGV which resembles&nbsp;a miniature tank with treads and turrets.

According to Samuel Bendett, an adviser at the Center for Naval Analysis, ''there is a still-classified Russian&nbsp;military robotics road-map that sketches out various stages of Russian unnamed military developments, which undoubtedly has been influenced by Russian military actions and experience in Syria.''

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''The Ministry of Defence is discussing the eventual use of robotic swarms in combat— and Marker is definitely the platform to test that out,'' he added.

Russia plans to test&nbsp;swarms of ground robots&nbsp;later in 2020. United States also has&nbsp;many robotic programs under way .

Robots will replace soldiers on the battlefield in Russia according to Vitaly Davydov, the deputy director of the country's Advanced Research Foundation. Davydov said ''living fighters will gradually begin to be replaced by their robotic ‘'brothers’ who can act faster, more accurately and more selectively than people.

Robots will replace soldiers on the battlefield in Russia according to Vitaly Davydov, the deputy director of the country's Advanced Research Foundation. Davydov said ''living fighters will gradually begin to be replaced by their robotic ‘'brothers’ who can act faster, more accurately and more selectively than people.'' Also read: NATO to provide 'hybrid defense' to Georgia against Russia Russia seeking to augment its existing military with new, autonomous capabilities. The Russian Ministry of Defence is working on a new generation of combat machines for training and possible future use although some the country's robots have underperformed expectations in combat. Also read: Russia sets a grim record, reports 7,933 coronavirus cases in a day At the center of this design is an uncrewed ground vehicle called the Marker UGV which resembles a miniature tank with treads and turrets. According to Samuel Bendett, an adviser at the Center for Naval Analysis, ''there is a still-classified Russian military robotics road-map that sketches out various stages of Russian unnamed military developments, which undoubtedly has been influenced by Russian military actions and experience in Syria.'' Also read: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin tests positive for coronavirus ''The Ministry of Defence is discussing the eventual use of robotic swarms in combat— and Marker is definitely the platform to test that out,'' he added. Russia plans to test swarms of ground robots later in 2020. United States also has many robotic programs under way .

Russia: Robotic swarms will replace soldiers in combat

President Vladimir Putin's men marked International Women's Day by holding beauty pageants for women in the armed forces.

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While the world was talking about gender equality on March 8, the Russian military was reinstating gender-based stereotypes.

The Russian military held a beauty contest for women in the armed forces. One such contest was called "beauty of the airborne forces"&nbsp;in which women paratroopers had to apparently demonstrate their beauty, aesthetic excellence and spiritual properties.

Russia's missile force celebrated International Women's Day by organising the "makeup under camouflage" contest.&nbsp;

Women were marked on their ability to cook three-low calorie meals. A similar pageant was organised by Russia's Black Sea fleet.&nbsp;

It is the same fleet that calls its women "military persons of the weaker sex".

The Kursk police trampled on gender equality by asking its women officers to walk down the ramp.&nbsp;

This despite the fact that the erstwhile Soviet Union was the first country to make international Women's Day an official holiday in 1965.

President Vladimir Putin's men marked International Women's Day by holding beauty pageants for women in the armed forces. Also Read: Islamists hurl stones and shoes at Women's Day marchers in Islamabad While the world was talking about gender equality on March 8, the Russian military was reinstating gender-based stereotypes.

President Vladimir Putin's men marked International Women's Day by holding beauty pageants for women in the armed forces. Also Read: Islamists hurl stones and shoes at Women's Day marchers in Islamabad While the world was talking about gender equality on March 8, the Russian military was reinstating gender-based stereotypes. The Russian military held a beauty contest for women in the armed forces. One such contest was called "beauty of the airborne forces" in which women paratroopers had to apparently demonstrate their beauty, aesthetic excellence and spiritual properties. Russia's missile force celebrated International Women's Day by organising the "makeup under camouflage" contest. Women were marked on their ability to cook three-low calorie meals. A similar pageant was organised by Russia's Black Sea fleet. It is the same fleet that calls its women "military persons of the weaker sex". The Kursk police trampled on gender equality by asking its women officers to walk down the ramp. This despite the fact that the erstwhile Soviet Union was the first country to make international Women's Day an official holiday in 1965.

Putin's military in sexism row over beauty pageant for women in armed forces on Women's Day

Two people were killed in an explosion at a military base used for missile tests in the far north of Russia on Thursday, the defense ministry said in a statement to news agencies.

"During the test of a liquid propellant jet engine, an explosion occurred and the equipment caught fire," the ministry said.

"As a result of the accident, six defense ministry employees and a developer were injured. Two specialists died of their wounds," it said, adding that radiation levels near the facility were "normal".&nbsp;

"There's no radioactive contamination," a spokeswoman for the Arkhangelsk region, where the base is situated.&nbsp;

The accident is the second to hit the Russian military in less than a week, after a fire broke out in an ammunition depot in Siberia on Monday, causing huge explosions.&nbsp;

At least one person was killed and eight injured while thousands had to evacuate from their homes following the blaze at the depot in the Krasnoyarsk region.

Two people were killed in an explosion at a military base used for missile tests in the far north of Russia on Thursday, the defense ministry said in a statement to news agencies.

Two people were killed in an explosion at a military base used for missile tests in the far north of Russia on Thursday, the defense ministry said in a statement to news agencies. "During the test of a liquid propellant jet engine, an explosion occurred and the equipment caught fire," the ministry said. "As a result of the accident, six defense ministry employees and a developer were injured. Two specialists died of their wounds," it said, adding that radiation levels near the facility were "normal". "There's no radioactive contamination," a spokeswoman for the Arkhangelsk region, where the base is situated. The accident is the second to hit the Russian military in less than a week, after a fire broke out in an ammunition depot in Siberia on Monday, causing huge explosions. At least one person was killed and eight injured while thousands had to evacuate from their homes following the blaze at the depot in the Krasnoyarsk region.

Two dead in explosion at Russian military base

Two Russians were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds on Monday after a blast at a <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/fourteen-sailors-killed-in-russia-submersible-fire-ministry-232527">Russian military base</a> in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, RIA news agency cited doctors and emergency services as saying. 
An ammunition depot at the base caught fire and people in the nearby village of Kamenka were being evacuated, emergency services were quoted as saying.&nbsp;

Two Russians were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds on Monday after a blast at a Russian military base in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, RIA news agency cited doctors and emergency services as saying.

Two Russians were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds on Monday after a blast at a Russian military base in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, RIA news agency cited doctors and emergency services as saying. An ammunition depot at the base caught fire and people in the nearby village of Kamenka were being evacuated, emergency services were quoted as saying.

Blast rocks Russian arms depot in Siberia, two hospitalized: RIA

The Russian army has said President Bashar al-Assad's Syrian forces had ceased fire "unilaterally" in northwestern Idlib province, where the UN fears a "humanitarian catastrophe".

Russian army says Syrian forces have called ceasefire in Idlib

The body of an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 Lebanon War was found by the Russian and Syrian armies, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

Sergeant First Class Zachary Baumel had been listed as missing along with two other Israeli soldiers in a deadly battle with Syrian forces in a Lebanese village, and the return of his remains will bring to a close a highly sensitive case for Israelis.

Putin made the revelation at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting Moscow five days before he is to seek a fifth term in office in a difficult election.

Netanyahu, 69, is running in the April 9 vote despite facing potential corruption charges and experts said he hopes the Moscow visit would increase his chances of success on election day.

"Our military together with Syrian partners found the place of his burial," Putin said of Baumel.

"We are very happy that he will be able to receive the right military honours in his homeland."

Netanyahu said Baumel would be laid to rest at a "very moving" ceremony in Israel later Thursday.&nbsp;

"Zachary's friends and family will take part," he said, adding that his family had been "very touched".

"His father is no longer alive, unfortunately," he added. "His mother is around 100 years old. Zachary also has a sister."

Neither Putin nor Israel have given details on how or where the remains were found.&nbsp;

Putin said only that Syria -- with which Israel has technically been at war -- participated in the operation.&nbsp;

'Risking their lives'

Netanyahu's spokesman posted photographs on Twitter showing a ceremony in the Russian defence ministry handing over the remains to Netanyahu on Thursday.

"Russia has handed over to Israel the remains of a member of a tank battalion, Zachary Baumel, missing for over 37 years," the ministry said in a statement.

The Israeli army had announced Wednesday that the body had already been recovered and returned to the country.

According to translated comments published on the Kremlin website, Netanyahu said, "Russian fighters, risking their lives, brought Zachary's remains to Israeli territory."&nbsp;

But Putin said Thursday: "The remains are with us and, in accordance with military tradition, we will send them to Israel with your participation."

Putin said "it was not easy" for Russian special forces to find the remains. He added that "all the necessary genetic tests have been completed".

He said he valued Netanyahu's "attitude to the memory of Red Army soldiers", adding that Baumel shared the same fate as thousands of Soviet soldiers who went missing during World War II. &nbsp;

'We will not forget this'

Baumel, who was born in the US in 1960 but immigrated to Israel, had been missing since what is known as the Battle of Sultan Yacoub in a Lebanese village of the same name near the Syrian border. Some 20 Israeli soldiers were killed in the fight.&nbsp;

Tank driver Baumel and two other soldiers, Zvi Feldman and Yehuda Katz, had been listed as missing and presumed dead. The other two remain missing.

Netanyahu said he asked Putin two years ago to help in the search for the remains of the missing men.

"You personally responded and gave the order to help in this holy deed," he said, thanking the Russian leader.&nbsp;

"We will not forget this act, it will go down in history."

The return of the remains of soldiers missing in action is a highly important issue in Israel, which has fought repeated wars with its Arab neighbours since the state of Israel was established in 1948.

The body of an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 Lebanon War was found by the Russian and Syrian armies, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. Sergeant First Class Zachary Baumel had been listed as missing along with two other Israeli soldiers in a deadly battle with Syrian forces in a Lebanese village, and the return of his remains will bring to a close a highly sensitive case for Israelis.

The body of an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 Lebanon War was found by the Russian and Syrian armies, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. Sergeant First Class Zachary Baumel had been listed as missing along with two other Israeli soldiers in a deadly battle with Syrian forces in a Lebanese village, and the return of his remains will bring to a close a highly sensitive case for Israelis. Putin made the revelation at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting Moscow five days before he is to seek a fifth term in office in a difficult election. Netanyahu, 69, is running in the April 9 vote despite facing potential corruption charges and experts said he hopes the Moscow visit would increase his chances of success on election day. "Our military together with Syrian partners found the place of his burial," Putin said of Baumel. "We are very happy that he will be able to receive the right military honours in his homeland." Netanyahu said Baumel would be laid to rest at a "very moving" ceremony in Israel later Thursday. "Zachary's friends and family will take part," he said, adding that his family had been "very touched". "His father is no longer alive, unfortunately," he added. "His mother is around 100 years old. Zachary also has a sister." Neither Putin nor Israel have given details on how or where the remains were found. Putin said only that Syria -- with which Israel has technically been at war -- participated in the operation. 'Risking their lives' Netanyahu's spokesman posted photographs on Twitter showing a ceremony in the Russian defence ministry handing over the remains to Netanyahu on Thursday. "Russia has handed over to Israel the remains of a member of a tank battalion, Zachary Baumel, missing for over 37 years," the ministry said in a statement. The Israeli army had announced Wednesday that the body had already been recovered and returned to the country. According to translated comments published on the Kremlin website, Netanyahu said, "Russian fighters, risking their lives, brought Zachary's remains to Israeli territory." But Putin said Thursday: "The remains are with us and, in accordance with military tradition, we will send them to Israel with your participation." Putin said "it was not easy" for Russian special forces to find the remains. He added that "all the necessary genetic tests have been completed". He said he valued Netanyahu's "attitude to the memory of Red Army soldiers", adding that Baumel shared the same fate as thousands of Soviet soldiers who went missing during World War II. 'We will not forget this' Baumel, who was born in the US in 1960 but immigrated to Israel, had been missing since what is known as the Battle of Sultan Yacoub in a Lebanese village of the same name near the Syrian border. Some 20 Israeli soldiers were killed in the fight. Tank driver Baumel and two other soldiers, Zvi Feldman and Yehuda Katz, had been listed as missing and presumed dead. The other two remain missing. Netanyahu said he asked Putin two years ago to help in the search for the remains of the missing men. "You personally responded and gave the order to help in this holy deed," he said, thanking the Russian leader. "We will not forget this act, it will go down in history." The return of the remains of soldiers missing in action is a highly important issue in Israel, which has fought repeated wars with its Arab neighbours since the state of Israel was established in 1948.

Putin says body of missing Israeli soldier found by Russian army

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