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While SANA did not specify if the dead were members of the OIR, Marotto said on Twitter that none of its service members had been 'killed in action', refuting the recent report.
"The report of @CJTFOIR [International Coalition for Operation Inherent Resolve] service members KIA [killed in action] in Syria today is false. All @CJTFOIR service members have been accounted for," Marotto said on Twitter.
The Syrian regime is pushing for the withdrawal of all US troops as part of negotiations to release American hostages.
The OIR does not disclose the exact number of servicemen and women deployed tp Syria but the US force is thought to number around 500.
Read more: Syria regime demands sanctions relief and US troop withdrawal for release of American captives: report
Most US troops in Syria are based in the northeast, providing critical support to Kurdish and Arab tribal forces fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group.
Convoys routinely patrol the region and have bumped heads with Russian troops who are also present but back Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
The OIR has previously lost four of its American soldiers in Syria in what it said were "noncombat incidents", including a rollover accident in Syria in January.
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The OIR does not disclose the exact number of servicemen and women deployed tp Syria but the US force is thought to number around 500.
Read more: Syria regime demands sanctions relief and US troop withdrawal for release of American captives: report
Most US troops in Syria are based in the northeast, providing critical support to Kurdish and Arab tribal forces fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group.
Convoys routinely patrol the region and have bumped heads with Russian troops who are also present but back Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
The OIR has previously lost four of its American soldiers in Syria in what it said were "noncombat incidents", including a rollover accident in Syria in January.
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