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U.S. air strike in Syria hit 'military point', caused deaths: Syrian military source on state media
![U.S. air strike in Syria hit 'military point', caused deaths: Syrian military source on state media]( "U.S. air strike in Syria hit 'military point', caused deaths: Syrian military source on state media")
A military source on the Syrian government side said on Friday that a U.S. air strike against a Damascus-backed militia the day before hit "one of our military points", without elaborating, state media outlets reported. The air strike late on Thursday killed several people and caused material damage, the source said, adding that this hampered efforts by the Syrian army and its allies to fight Islamic State. The U.S. military carried out the strike on the militia as they headed towards the al-Tanf military base in southern Syria - near the Syria-Iraq-Jordan border - used by U.S. and U.S.-backed rebel forces.
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