Exclusive: Turkey attacks US special forces in Syria, apparently by mistake

A contingent of U.S. Special Forces was caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria, days after President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart he would withdraw U.S. troops from certain positions in the area. A senior Pentagon official said shelling by the Turkish forces was so heavy that the U.S. personnel considered firing back in self-defense.

"In self-defense, reciprocal fire was opened on the terrorist positions of the attack. Turkey did not open fire at the U.S. observation post in any way," the statement added."All precautions were taken prior to opening fire in order to prevent any harm to the U.S. base. As a precaution, we ceased fire upon receiving information from the U.S. We firmly reject the claim that U.S. or Coalition forces were fired upon.

The U.S. first partnered with the largely Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces in 2015 to battle the Islamic State militant group as the country shifted its support away from an increasingly Islamist opposition seeking the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The group proved effective in beating back the jihadis, but the U.S.' decision was opposed by Turkey, a NATO member that has faced off with a decades-long insurgency by Kurdish separatists.

this news is not true, you liars🐒🇹🇷

It was no mistake.

Please dont talk ... You dont know anything about Turkey. After examine 30.000 trucks USA weapons in YPG,PKK and SDG come to me ı say you important things, Turkey is right.

I thought there weren’t any U.S. forces there anymore ?

ARE YOU NEWS CHANNEL? OR LIE MACHINE?

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Trump said Turkey knew exactly where they were.

Is that what they call--retribution in Turkey--Mistake?

I think they're just shooting at everything there right now.

And Trump will say, that doesn't matter because he doesn't care about our national security interests and our troops.

this was a warning to trump himself for his false bravado talk. putin speaks and jerk off listens,

Oopsie. Trump said the American ambassador lady who ran over that British kid was really ok since they drive on the wrong side of the road. I'm sure this was also just a whoopsie-daisie because all the road signs in Syria are written all weird. No worries, fam.

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