Demise Toll From US Strikes on Professional-Iran Installations in Syria Rises to 19 Fighters, Says Syrian Warfare Monitor

(Reuters) – The demise toll in U.S. air strikes on pro-Iran installations in japanese Syria has risen to 19 fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a conflict monitor, stated on Saturday.

The observatory stated that toll was from the preliminary U.S. response to a drone assault on Thursday on a U.S. army place in Syria that killed one American contractor and wounded one other contractor and 5 troops.

Reuters was unable to independently affirm the toll.

(Reporting by Maya Gebeily; Enhancing by Frances Kerry)

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