2017 Russian Air Force Al-Bab incident

2017 Russian Air Force Al-Bab incident
	Part of the Turkish military intervention in Syria, and the Russian military intervention in Syria
	; A Tupolev Tu-22M (similar to the incident aircraft)
Date	08:40 UTC, 9 February 2017
Location	al-Bab, Syria36°13′16″N 37°18′37″E / 36.2211°N 37.3104°E
Belligerents
Russian Armed Forces	Turkish Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Viktor Bondarev	Zekai Aksakallı
Units involved
Russian Air Force;	Special Forces Command;
Strength
	1 Tu-22M bomber
Casualties and losses
	3 Turkish soldiers killed; 11 injured

The 2017 Russian Air Force Al-Bab incident occurred when three Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 injured after a Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M attacked Turkish soldiers accidentally at al-Bab, Syria.^[1]

^ Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Daren Butler (2017-02-10). "Russian bombing mistake kills three Turkish soldiers in Syria". The Sydney Morning Herald.