‘Successful' US commando raid in Syria results in reports of civilian deaths
by Jamie McIntyre, Senior Writer |
| February 03, 2022 07:16 AM
| Updated Feb 03, 2022, 08:41 AM
‘THE MISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL’: First word came in a brief statement from Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
“U.S. Special Operations forces under the control of U.S. Central Command conducted a counterterrorism mission this evening in northwest Syria. The mission was successful. There were no U.S. casualties. More information will be provided as it becomes available.”
Then reports from the scene from the volunteer rescue group known as the White Helmets reported that among the 13 killed by U.S. commandos were six children and four women.
Several residents told the Associated Press they saw body parts scattered near the site of the raid, with witnesses describing a large ground assault, with U.S. forces using loudspeakers urging women and children to leave the area. Images on social media showed rubble from what appeared to be a house, and videos captured U.S. aircraft over the scene.
The raid, which reportedly included air cover from U.S. fighter jets and Apache helicopter gunships, took place near the northwest village of Atmeh, located north of Idlib and just east of Syria’s border with Turkey, an area that has several camps for refugees from Syria’s civil war.
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