"SANA," the Syrian state-run news agency reported that one soldier was killed and 2 others were wounded, as US war planes targeted an army checkpoint in Tal al-Dahab, southeast of Qamishli.
Syrian soldiers of the checkpoint prevented the passage of an American patrol.
A Syrian military source said, at exactly 9:45 am today, Monday, an American patrol tried to enter the area of the deployment of one of our combat formations in the countryside of the city of Qamishli through the “Rasho" checkpoint.
The Syrian officers stopped the Americans and prevented them from passing. The American patrol members fired at the Syrians as a result.
The source added that "after about 30 minutes, two American helicopters attacked the checkpoint elements with heavy machine guns, which led to the death of one soldier and wounding two others."
The Syrian agency had previously said that the Syrian army checkpoints intercepted more than once the American forces' vehicles and armored vehicles in Hasaka and forced them to return to their bases.
The International Coalition commented on the incident in the village of Tal al-Dhahab in Syria, during which a shooting took place between Syrian army forces and one of the coalition patrols and the SDF, resulting in the death of a Syrian soldier.
A statement issued by the International Coalition today, Monday, stated that while conducting a security patrol with the Syrian Democratic Forces in the aforementioned area, it encountered a Syrian army checkpoint and while it was passing through the point, the patrol came under fire from inpiduals near the checkpoint.
The statement confirmed that the forces of the coalition patrol responded to the fire in self-defense, and the coalition did not launch any air strikes at that time, noting that there were no losses among the coalition ranks, and that the investigation is still ongoing.
In late 2019, US President Donald Trump approved a plan to withdraw his country's forces deployed in Syria, but he later decided, as a result of pressure by members of his administration, to keep about 1,000 soldiers to ensure US control over the seized oil fields in the northeast of the country.
On the other hand, Syrian presidential advisor, Buthaina Shaaban, set the conditions for Damascus to speak with the Americans.
In a statement to Al-Mayadeen TV, Shaaban added that it is not possible to "abandon our land and our country, and it is not possible to talk with the occupier until after his departure from Syria."
She continued to say that the Syrian answer to all American messages is that we cannot speak until after the withdrawal from our land."
Shabaan explained that the targeting of Syria is due to the central role of Damascus in the region and the axis of resistance.
She claimed that President Assad's link between terrorism and the "Caesar Act" and the United States and Israel is important because they are all parts of one scenario.
She added that President Bashar Al-Assad's speech to the People's Assembly was decisive, as he stressed that the strategic vision must produce plans that can be implemented.
The presidential adviser stated that the Syrian President presented a clear vision for the official and the citizen for the next stage.
Concerning the corruption file, she confirmed that Bashar al-Assad rejects revenge on any issue, even on the issue of the corrupt. He believes that revenge generates revenge and we must resort to tolerance.
He explained that fighting corruption is not for revenge but to address error and focus on reform and holding the corrupt accountable, not working for revenge.
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