US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced in a press release Monday night that 22 US troops were injured in a “helicopter mishap” in northeastern Syria.
The command said the incident happened on Sunday and resulted in injuries of “various degrees.” The press release said that 10 service members were “evacuated to higher care facilities.”
CENTCOM shared little detail about the mishap, saying the cause is “still under investigation” and that no “enemy fire was reported.” It’s not clear where in northeast Syria the incident took place.
A US airdrop operation involving helicopters was reported on the same day in al-Hasakah, a province in northeast Syria. According to Syrian state media, the operation was carried out with the Kurdish-led SDF, and one civilian was killed by US forces.
The pro-opposition UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the helicopter raid but claimed a person “affiliated” with ISIS was killed in the joint US-SDF operation. Neither account has been confirmed, and CENTCOM has not mentioned the operation.
The US has about 900 troops in eastern Syria and backs the SDF in the region, allowing Washington to control about one-third of the country’s territory. The US claims the occupation is about fighting ISIS, but it is part of the economic campaign against Damascus, which involves crippling economic sanctions and the control of oil fields in occupied areas.
When a Russian helicopter crashes its a glorious victory for the forces of light. When a US helicopter crashes, just a mishap, nothing to see here. There is a reason why no rational person should ever believe these vipers.
Annd why the heck are in Syria again??? Leave other countries along!
Stealing oil IIRC
Israel.
I’ve heard too many of this chopper crashes lately. It sounds like inexperienced pilots are given the keys to fly when they are not ready.
Helicopters crash all the time. I’ve been in a crash myself, and don’t plan to willingly board a chopper ever again. Takes too many things happening to get and keep them in the air.
I thought they were fun when I was in the Army. Of course, no one was shooting at the helicopters I was in. But now, I can’t even get on a plane. Not afraid of flying, just crashing into the ground.
I thought they were fun, too, even after the crash (fortunately the bird had just lifted off the ground, maybe 50-75 feet up, when it suddenly dropped hard — nobody seriously injured). I enjoyed rappeling out of Army Blackhawks as well (went to school at Fort Campbell for that).
These days, I just don’t think I’d get on one.
I don’t mind planes. They’re pretty much Greyhound buses in the sky, only less likely to break down. Not especially enjoyable, but they get you where you’re going.
YouTube on the crash is here.
Just like the Israelis, the US troops incur many mishaps and accidents. The ” injuries” are not due combat operations and to think otherwise, is just plain crazy.
Fucking thieves…
Stay out of places you don’t belong. Exactly, which of muh freedoms is at risk in Syria?
this chopper was likely shot at/shot down
and to believe that the US is in Syria to control or eliminate ISIS is a joke; they supply and train some of these extremists at the al Tanf area, and then send them off to various parts of Syria to harass the Syrian people and government
the Delta Forces engaged in this ‘operation’ were probably going after some pro-Iranian militia or pro-Syrian forces who have been harassing the illegal US troops in Syria somehow
there’s always more to these stories than the public is told
& when the Pentagon says no ‘hostile fire’ was involved, you know there was hostile fir