IS claims bomb attack targeting US-backed force in Syria
Associated Press
BEIRUT – A spokesman for a U.S.-backed force in Syria says a suicide bomber from the Islamic State extremist group detonated his explosives on a road in northern Syria, targeting a joint convoy belonging to the force and the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition.
Mustafa Bali is a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. He says Monday's attack near the town of Shaddadeh caused material damage but no casualties. IS claimed responsibility in a statement and said the blast killed or wounded eight people in the convoy.
There was no immediate comment by the U.S. military or anti-IS coalition.
More: https://www.foxnews.com/world/is-claims-bomb-attack-targeting-us-backed-force-in-syria
A suicidal bomber of the Organization targets a column of the International Coalition and the SDF by a booby-trapped vehicle south of Al-Shaddadi
A violent explosion was heard south of Al-Hasakah city before sunset, it turned out that it was caused by the detonation of a booby-trapped vehicle with a suicidal bomber in it near a column of the International Coalition and the Syria Democratic Forces, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; a booby-trapped Pickup vehicle driven by a suicidal bomber of the “Islamic State†organization attacked a column of the International Coalition and the SDF while returning from a regular meeting in Al-Omar Oilfield which is taken by the US forces as their base, and while returning and near Al-Shaddadi city, the vehicle was detonated by the suicidal bomber, and the bombing did not cause casualties and it only caused material damage.
Read more at: http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=128426
Updated for a more easily understood article though, I think the people from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (below) do a good job. There English may not always be perfect is the deal.
It sounds like there were no injuries, TOS is reporting via a different article on this.
