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Syria Crisis: US Assisting “Opposition”, Daesh Kills 1st US Soldier

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The first member of the US military has been killed in Syria by an improvised explosive device [IED] laid by retreating Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] terrorists.

US Central Command said the blast occurred near the former Takfiri stronghold of Ayn Issa, but gave no other details, adding it would release more information "as appropriate".

The unnamed man died of his wounds on Thursday. Ash Carter, the outgoing US War Secretary, called the death a "painful reminder of the dangers our men and women in uniform face around the world to keep us safe".

Daesh militants have been laying mines and booby traps throughout their former strongholds as the terrorist group is pushed back from swathes of territory it seized during a lightning advance through Iraq and Syria in 2014.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces uncovered bombs concealed within teddy bears and toy cars in one of the terrorists' former strongholds in Iraq and the explosives continue to pose a huge risk for civilians and soldiers alike.

There are believed to be around 300 US military personnel working in Syria, assisting and advising Syrian Kurdish and Arab forces fighting Daesh, ABC News reported.

Lieutenant General Stephen J Townsend, the commander of US-led coalition, offered his condolences to the killed soldier.

Last month, a US Naval officer was killed in Iraq near the city of Mosul in a roadside bomb while working as an adviser to Iraqi troops.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team