US soldiers have been killed by an explosion in Syria while carrying out a “routine patrol”, according to the anti-Isis military coalition in the region.
The explosion came two weeks after US President Donald Trump announced that the US would commence pulling its troops out of Syria, claiming that the main purpose of their presence in the country, defeating Isis, had been achieved.
Kurdish allies feared that this US move might leave them exposed to a Turkish military offensive, which has been long threatened by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president.
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