US-led Coalition Airstrike Accidentally Hits Syrian Government Troops

U.S. military officials said coalition aircraft had accidentally struck Syrian government troops Saturday during a raid against Islamic State fighters. Syrian and Russian sources said dozens of soldiers were killed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group gave a toll of at least 80 soldiers killed. The U.S. military's Central Command said in a statement that the strike was in an area the coalition had attacked in the past, and that coalition members had informed...

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