A U.S. serviceman was killed in Syria on Thanksgiving
American soldier killed in Syria on Thanksgiving Day from injuries sustained in an explosion from an improvised explosive device, said officials of the United States.
This is the first confirmed U.S. death of the military inside Syria since then, began a joint military operation. The US government acknowledged the presence of American troops in the war-torn country a year ago. In a statement released Thursday by the office of public Affairs in the U.S. said the blast occurred near ain Issa in Northern Syria. No other information about the explosion or casualties were reported.
The coalition sent its condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. This Thanksgiving, please be thankful that there are people ready to defend our Homeland from the hated and cruel enemy," - said Lieutenant General Steven George. Towsend.
US troops are part of the efforts of the multinational fight against the terrorist group ISIS in the region. At the end of 2015, when President Obama first acknowledged that Syria deployed about 50 of us forces, he said that the soldiers of the Union will help the target groups in the fight against ISIS militants. The first video with American soldiers operating inside Syria appeared in August. The 20-minute video shows how American and British forces trained in a camp in Jordan.
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