(17 Sep 2016) The United Nations Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting late on Saturday at Russia's request to discuss a US airstrike that Moscow says killed many Syrian government troops battling the Islamic State group.
According to the Syrian military, an airstrike hit a base in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour that was surrounded by IS fighters, allowing the extremists to advance.
Russia's military said it was told by the Syrian army that at least 62 soldiers were killed in the air raid and more than 100 wounded.
The US military said it halted an air raid against IS in eastern Syria after it was informed by Russia that it might have struck Syrian troops.
If confirmed, it would be the first American strike on President Bashar Assad's forces in the five-year-old conflict.
The allegations come as Moscow and Washington are already at loggerheads over the five-day-old Syrian ceasefire, with each accusing the other of failing to fully implement it.
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