The military statement said the service members were receiving treatment and 10 were moved to 'higher care facilities' outside the region.
A Syrian helicopter accident left 22 American service members injured, the US military said. Hundreds of troops remain in Syria after the IS fight.A helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend left 22 American service members injured, the U.S. military said Tuesday, adding that the cause of the accident was under investigation and that no enemy fire was involved.
A spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment. U.S. forces have been in Syria since 2015 to advise and assist the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against the militant Islamic State group. Since the extremist group was defeated in Syria in March 2019, U.S. troops have been trying to prevent any comeback by IS, which swept through Iraq and Syria in 2014, taking control of large swaths of territory.
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