Pentagon says one dead, two wounded in last week’s Syria strike

The United States confirms the death of a militia fighter belonging to an Iran-backed group in a recent airstrike on Abu Kamal.
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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces and US soldiers (L) gather at al-Tanak oil field as they prepare to relaunch a military campaign against the Islamic State, near Abu Kamal, Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, May 1, 2018. - Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images
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Jared Szuba
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The US Defense Department said one militia member was killed and two were wounded in an airstrike last week on an outpost in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed groups.

That assessment aligns with a claim by Kataib Hezbollah last week that an Iraqi national named Rahi Salam Zayed was killed in the air raid.

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