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U.S. air strike in Syria hit ‘military point’, caused deaths: Syrian military source on state media
 [IraqiNews] A military source on the Syrian government side said on Friday that a U.S. air strike against a Damascus-backed militia the day before hit "one of our military points", without elaborating, state media outlets reported.The air strike late on Thursday killed several people and caused material damage, the source said, adding that this hampered efforts by the Syrian army and its allies to fight Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... The U.S. military carried out the strike on the militia as they headed towards the al-Tanf military base in southern Syria ‐ near the Syria-Iraq-Jordan border ‐ used by U.S. and U.S.-backed rebel forces. U.S. officials said the strike was purely a defensive measure. A member of the U.S.-backed Syrian rebel forces told Rooters the convoy comprised Syrian and Iranian-backed militias and was headed toward the Tanf base when they clashed with some rebel forces. Syria’s ally Russia said on Friday that the strike had hit civilians and was unacceptable, Russian news agencies reported. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-20 |
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