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Syria: US Military Says 'No Enemy Fire' After 22 Soldiers Injured in Helicopter Accident
According to the United States military, the service members were receiving treatment and 10 were moved to “higher care facilities” outside the Syrian region. 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.
Updated Jun 13, 2023 | 12:23 PM IST
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Beirut: A helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend left 22 US soldiers injured, the country's military said Tuesday. The cause of the accident was under investigation and no enemy fire was involved, the statement added.
According to the US military, 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 spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces did not immediately respond to an Associated Press 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 militant Islamic State group. Since the extremist group was defeated in Syria in March 2019, U.S. troops have been trying to prevent any comeback by IS, which swept through Iraq and Syria in 2014, taking control of large swaths of territory.
However, IS sleeper cells remain a threat. There are also about 10,000 IS fighters held in detention facilities in Syria and tens of thousands of their family members living in two refugee camps in the country's northeast.
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