US military vehicles patrol the town of Rmelane in Syria's Hasakeh province on June 5, 2018. AFP
US military vehicles patrol the town of Rmelane in Syria's Hasakeh province on June 5, 2018. AFP
US military vehicles patrol the town of Rmelane in Syria's Hasakeh province on June 5, 2018. AFP
US military vehicles patrol the town of Rmelane in Syria's Hasakeh province on June 5, 2018. AFP

US denies Syrian government claims of death of troops


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The US military said on Sunday that a report claiming four of its members were killed in north-eastern Syria is false.

The Syrian national news agency Sana reported earlier on Sunday that a roadside bomb blew up a US military vehicle on a road outside the town of Markada, between Hasakah and Deir Ezzor.

A spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, Col Wayne Marotto, tweeted that all of its troops were accounted for and that the claims were false.

The US has about 500 troops in north-east Syria and works closely with the Syrian Democratic Forces, a group of opposition militias led by Kurdish units.

In September, the US Army sent more troops and equipment to north-east Syria.