Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
identify whether following news is true or not

Input:
Russia sends 175 de-miners to Syria's Deir al-Zor: Interfax;MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is to send 175 de-mining engineers to defuse mines in Syria s Deir al-Zor, Interfax news agency quoted Russia s Defence Ministry as saying on Monday. The first detachment of 40 de-miners has already been deployed to Russia s Hmeimim air base in Syria, the ministry said. Syrian government forces and U.S.-backed militias converged on Islamic State in separate offensives against the militants in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor on Sunday.;September 11, 2017

### Response:
True news

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