Departing Syria, US destroys ammunition, equipment in air strike


Reuters | Washington DC | Updated: 17-10-2019 04:01 IST | Created: 17-10-2019 04:00 IST
Departing Syria, US destroys ammunition, equipment in air strike
Syria has been marred by civil war since 2011. Image Credit: ANI
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The United States carried out a pre-planned air strike in northern Syria on Wednesday to destroy an ammunition cache and military equipment that were left behind as U.S. personnel prepare for a withdrawal from northeast Syria, U.S. officials said.

Colonel Myles Caggins, an Iraq-based spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State, said the strike involved two F-15e fighter jets from the U.S.-led coalition, which fired on the Lafarge Cement Factory after all coalition forces had left the facility.

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