Blast that killed US, UK troops shook alley in Syrian town

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Blast that killed US, UK troops shook alley in Syrian town
MANBIJ, Syria –

Residents of the small alley where an explosion killed two members of the U.S.-led coalition this week were fixing their windows and the fronts of their homes on Saturday. Shards of glass still littered the dirt road and metal shutters were twisted out of shape.

The explosion Thursday was the first to hit the U.S.-led coalition deployed here months after the town was liberated from Islamic State militants in 2016. An American and a Briton were killed, and a number of local security members were injured. The improvised explosive device went off during an operation against a member of the Islamic State group in this mixed Arab and Kurdish town, the U.S.-led Coalition said Saturday.

"Coalition forces, in an advise, assist and accompany capacity with our partners, were conducting a mission to kill or capture a known (IS) member when they were struck by an improvised explosive device," the coalition said in a statement to The Associated Press.

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