The text of the statement of Borenkov is at the disposal of RT.

“Information has been received from the American side through deconflicting that on November 3 a convoy of American troops moving along the M4 road towards the border with Iraq, six kilometers west of the settlement of Tell Tamer, was fired from the territory controlled by pro-Turkish militants, the Syrian national army,” He said.

Earlier media reported that as a result of the explosion in the Syrian city of Tell Abyad on the border with Turkey, at least 13 people were killed, about 20 people were injured.