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Pentagon says one dead, two wounded in last week’s Syria strike

The United States confirms the death of a militia fighter belonging to an Iran-backed group in a recent airstrike on Abu Kamal.

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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces and US soldiers (L) gather at al-Tanak oil field as they prepare to relaunch a military campaign against the Islamic State, near Abu Kamal, Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, May 1, 2018. — Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

The US Defense Department said one militia member was killed and two were wounded in an airstrike last week on an outpost in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed groups.

That assessment aligns with a claim by Kataib Hezbollah last week that an Iraqi national named Rahi Salam Zayed was killed in the air raid.

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