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Russian military transports wounded RT correspondent Shabrouney from Hama to Hmeimim airbase Correspondent of RT Arabic Wafa Shabrouney, who was seriously injured while on assignment in northwestern Syria, has been transported by the Russian military from Hama National Hospital to the Hmeimim airbase. On orders from Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, military doctors of the Russian grouping of forces in Syria earlier immediately arrived at the city hospital in Hama, where Shabrouney was taken, to help their Syrian colleagues. On Wednesday evening, a Russian transport helicopter with a special medical module for transporting the wounded was sent to Hama. After additional medical care was provided at the  hospital, Shabrouney was transported to Russia’s Hmeimim airbase. During the ...

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