US commandoes have reportedly attacked a Syrian border town near Iraq, killing at least nine people and wounding 14 others.
According to the local residents, four US helicopters were involved in the attack on the town of Al-Sukkariya, eight kilometers from the Iraqi border, DPA reported on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses said two helicopters landed in the border town from which eight American commandoes disembarked. The US troops then attacked people, killing nine and wounding 14 others.
"Nine people were killed and 14 wounded in the raid, which hit a group of builders while they were working," the private television channel al-Dunia said. "All victims were civilians."
The victims were identified as construction workers with the wounded being transferred to a nearby hospital.
The helicopters reportedly left Syrian space with all the troops again on board.
Sergeant Brooke Murphy, a US military spokesman told AFP that the military was investigating the report.
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