The Syrian government charged Tuesday that U.S.-led coalition forces bombed a Syrian army base, killing and wounding government soldiers. A spokesman for the coalition responded by denying the charges, and instead claimed that the Russian Air Force was responsible.

The attack, which took place at an Syrian Army base in the province of Deir al-Zor on Sunday, killed three soldiers and wounded 13.

The US countered claiming that a Russian bomber—likely a Tu-22 Backfire bomber—was responsible for the attack. The Tu-22, a swing-wing strategic bomber, has been conducting attacks in Syria for the past month.

Unlike other Russian bombers, the Tu-22 is unable to drop so-called "smart" ordnance, which uses various types of tech to guide itself in air towards the target. Instead, the Tu-22 deploys regular "dumb" bombs, World-War II style.

Both coalition and Russian forces have been striking targets in Deir al-Zor. According to Reuters , a coalition spokesman said air strikes conducted the day of the air raid were far from the Saeqa army base, where the rogue air strike took place. The spokesman further noted the target of coalition air strikes had been oil wells, not troops and vehicles.

The coalition has been waging a campaign against oil wells under Islamic State control. Illicit oil sales are a major stream of ISIS revenue.

In other news, on Tuesday a Russian attack submarine conducted a cruise missile attack against forces in Syria. The Rostov-on-Don, an Improved Kilo class diesel electric submarine, launched long-range cruise missiles against ammunition warehouses, a mine production plant, and ISIS oil production infrastructure.

The missiles used in the strike were submarine-launched versions of the nuclear-capable Kalibur missile . Kalibur was first used two months before from surface ships of Russia's Caspian Sea Flotilla.

The Rostov-on-Don, an Improved Kilo-class submarine, is one of Russia's newest submarines. Commissioned earlier this year into the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, it had just arrived on station in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Here's a video of Tu-22 Backfire operations against Syria. Note at the 1:50 mark the mass drop of unguided bombs:

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