ATMEH, Syria—US Special Forces carried out what the Pentagon said was a successful, large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday.
First responders at the scene reported 13 people had been killed, including six children and four women.
Several residents told The Associated Press they saw body parts scattered near the site of the raid, a house in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, and said the raid involved helicopters, explosions and machine-gun fire. Blood could be seen on the walls and floor of the remaining structure, which contained a wrecked bedroom with a child’s wooden crib on the floor. On one damaged wall, a blue plastic swing for children was still hanging. The kitchen was blackened with fire damage.
The Pentagon provided no details on who was the target of the raid, or if any combatants or civilians on the ground were killed or injured. The Observatory said troops for the US-led coalition using helicopters landed in the area and attacked a house. It said the force clashed with fighters on the ground. Taher al-Omar, an Idlib-based activist, also said he witnessed clashes between fighters and the US force.
A US-backed Kurdish-led force said more than 120 of their fighters and prison workers died in the effort to thwart the IS plot, whose goal appeared to free senior IS operatives from the prison. The prison houses at least 3,000 Islamic State group detainees.
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