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East Syria strike kills 26 Iraqi fighters: new toll
BEIRUT, March 12, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – An air strike killed 26 fighters of
Iraqi paramilitary group Hashed al-Shaabi in eastern Syria after a deadly
attack on US-led coalition troops in Iraq, a war monitor said Thursday.
Updating its toll for the Wednesday strike, the Britain-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said it was probably carried out by the US-led
coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
Before the strike near the border town of Albu Kamal, rockets were fired
at a military base north of Baghdad, killing two Americans and one Briton.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1350 hrs