U.S. troops and Syrian Democratic Forces became under fire from Syrian pro-regime forces Monday morning, the US-led coalition reported.
No US service members or personnel were harm, according to Col. Myles Caggins, the chief spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, who said that the coalition forces returned fire
“Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces, conducting a routine anti-ISIS security patrol near Tal Al-Zahab, Syria, encountered a checkpoint occupied by pro-Syrian regime forces. After receiving safe passage from the pro-regime forces, the patrol came under small arms fire from individuals in the vicinity of the checkpoint. Coalition troops returned fire in self-defense,” Caggins said in a statement.
U.S. currently has less than 1,000 troops in Syria currently to fight remnants of ISIS. They are stationed both near the eastern oil fields and at the At Tanf garrison in southeastern Syria.
The Syrian state news agency claimed that US forces attacked a checkpoint on Monday, killing one and injuring two.
