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U.S. Forces in Syria Come under Second Attack in a Week

(Military Times) Kyle Rempfer - For the second time in less than a week, U.S. special operations forces in eastern Syria came under attack from pro-regime forces loyal to Syrian President Assad. The coalition advisers to the Syrian Democratic Forces called in an airstrike with an MQ-9 Reaper UAV to destroy a Soviet-made T-72 battle tank on Saturday. "We detected and saw a tank that took a shot at us," Lt.-Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, said Tuesday. "It continued to move, so we again executed self-defense rules of engagement to protect ourselves."
2018-02-15 00:00:00
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