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Suicide attack targeting US-led coalition in Syria kills 15: monitor
BEIRUT, Jan 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A suicide attack targeting US-led
coalition forces in the flashpoint northern Syrian city of Manbij killed a US
serviceman and 14 other people on Wednesday, a monitor said.
“There are nine civilians dead, five from the SDF accompanying forces”, the
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, referring to a
Kurdish-led force present in the city.
It said the blast, which targeted a restaurant in the centre of Manbij and
was claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, also killed a US serviceman,
although the coalition did not immediately divulge any casualty figures.
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