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US conducts 'self-defense' strike in Syria

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The U.S. military struck three truck-mounted multiple rocket launchers, a T-64 tank and mortars.

The strike was "not linked to any broader activities in northwest Syria by other groups," a Pentagon spokesman says.

The Pentagon says the strike was in "self-defense" in the vicinity of Military Support Site Euphrates.

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English

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