Two US Soldiers Reported Missing in Syria, Officials Deny Claim

Syrian state media says vehicle destroyed and burned, US soldiers missing

Reports out of Syia’s state media claimed that there are two US soldiers missing in action in East Syria, after the vehicle they were in was attacked by forces unknown. The report claimed the vehicle was destroyed and burned.

Details are not clear, and the spokesman for the US military operation in Syria has rejected the report as “another nonsense article.

Author: Jason Ditz

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