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US bombs Assad-backed militia in Syria

By Jamie McIntyre

Published May 18, 2017 4:49pm ET

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US bombs Assad-backed militia in Syria — The forces are armed and equipped by the regime, but are not part of Syria President Bashar Assad's military. The bombing, near At Tanf on the southern border of Syria, is being characterized as a defensive strike. (AP)

U.S. warplanes have attacked a convoy of Syrian regime-backed fighters who violated an established deconfliction zone in southern Syria, a Pentagon official told the Washington Examiner on Thursday.

The strike took place near the al-Tanf border crossing on Syria’s southern border with Jordan and Iraq, where U.S. special forces have been training counter-Islamic State troops for many months.

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