Firefight with US-led coalition leaves Syrian soldier dead, state-run news says

A lethal clash between Syrian forces and a US patrol occurred after Syrian troops allegedly refused to allow a US patrol to cross a checkpoint.
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A man holds used bullet cartridges in the area of a pro-Syrian government checkpoint near the village Tal Dahab in the countryside of Qamishli in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province, on Aug. 17, 2020. The US-led coalition in Syria said a patrol had come under attack and engaged in a firefight near the pro-government checkpoint in the country's northeast. - Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jared Szuba
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A skirmish between US-led coalition troops and Syrian pro-regime forces near the city of Qamishli left a Syrian soldier dead and two others wounded, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said Monday morning.

The US-led coalition confirmed a firefight had taken place but denied SANA’s claim that a US helicopter had fired on the Syrian government checkpoint.

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