Twenty-two US troops were injured last Sunday in a helicopter crash in northeast Syria, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported today, June 13, NBC News.
The incident did not occur as a result of enemy fire, according to a brief statement by the US military command, whose area of responsibility includes the Middle East.
According to the information, ten wounded were evacuated to “higher-level medical facilities.”
The cause of the crashes of the combat vehicle is being investigated, the circumstances of the helicopter crash are not specified in the CENTCOM statement.
US forces continue to operate in Syria with the official goal of fighting the remnants of the Islamic State terrorist group.* (IG*, the organization is banned in the Russian Federation). US Central Command said this month that it and partner forces conducted 17 operations in Syria in May that killed two IS fighters.* and 20 more people were detained, NBC News notes.
*Terrorist organization, banned on the territory of the Russian Federation
2023-06-13 05:03:00
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