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Pentagon Denies Reports US-Led Strike Hit Syrian Regime

  The Pentagon denied reports Thursday that the US-led coalition had killed at least 12 pro-regime fighters in Syria. Advertisement “These reports are false, the … Continue reading Pentagon Denies Reports US-Led Strike Hit Syrian Regime


Pentagon On Syria Strikes: 'We Successfully Hit Every Target'
U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon April 14, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. The Pentagon held a briefing on the latest development of the strike in Syria. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
Pentagon On Syria Strikes: 'We Successfully Hit Every Target'
FILE PHOTO U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon April 14, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP 

 

The Pentagon denied reports Thursday that the US-led coalition had killed at least 12 pro-regime fighters in Syria.

“These reports are false, the coalition did not strike any Syrian army positions in eastern Syria,” Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Kone Faulkner said in a statement.

“The coalition’s mission is to defeat ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria, and to set conditions for follow-on stability operations. This mission has not changed.”

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a broad network of sources across Syria, said the raid had hit army positions south of Albu Kamal, a town on Syria’s border with Iraq.

A military source quoted by state news agency SANA said that “some of our military positions between Albu Kamal and Hmeimeh were hit this morning in an aggression by American coalition warplanes.”

AFP