US-led coalition strike kills 26 Iraqi fighters in Syria - GulfToday

US-led coalition strike kills 26 Iraqi fighters in Syria

  • 12 Mar 2020
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An air strike killed 26 fighters of Iraqi paramilitary group Hashed Al Shaabi in eastern Syria after a deadly attack on US-led coalition troops in Iraq, a war monitor said on Thursday.

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Updating its toll for the Wednesday strike, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was probably carried out by the US-led coalition fighting the Daesh group.

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Agence France-Presse

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