A helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend left 22 American service members injured, the US military said Tuesday, adding that the cause of the accident was under investigation and that no enemy fire involved.
The military statement said the service members were receiving treatment and 10 were moved to "higher care facilities" outside the region.
"A helicopter mishap in northeastern Syria resulted in the injuries of various degrees of 22 US service members," it said. "No enemy fire was reported."
A front man for the US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces did not immediately respond to an News Agency that Dare Not be Named request for comment.
There are at least 900 US forces in Syria on average, along with an undisclosed number of contractors. US special operations forces also move in and out of the country, but are usually in small teams and are not included in the official count.
US forces have been in Syria since 2015 to advise and assist the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against the murderous Moslem Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group. Since the murderous Moslem group was defeated in Syria in March 2019, US troops have been trying to prevent any comeback by IS.