One death and two injuries caused by us warplanes attacking Syrian government checkpoints

Syrian state news agency reported on the 17th local time that an American fighter plane opened fire on a Syrian government army checkpoint in the kamishli area of Kazakh province in Northeast Syria, killing one Syrian government army soldier and injuring two other Syrian government army soldiers. According to the Syrian news agency, the checkpoint attacked was located in the southeast of kamishli city. At that time, a US military convoy tried to pass through the checkpoint but was refused, and then a US warplane launched an attack on the checkpoint. In recent years, the “Syrian democratic army”, led by the Syrian Kurdish armed forces, has been supported by the United States led international alliance against extremist organizations. It has launched large-scale military operations against extremist groups in northern and Eastern Syria and seized large areas of land. In October 2019, Turkey launched a military operation code named “spring of peace” to cross the border to attack Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Subsequently, the “Syrian democratic army” and the Syrian government army reached an agreement, and the Syrian government army moved into a number of areas in northern Syria previously controlled by the “Syrian democratic army” along the Syrian Turkish border. In the same month, U.S. President trump ordered about 1000 U.S. troops to withdraw from northern Syria, but said the United States would retain a small number of troops to ensure the “safety” of oil fields in Syria. The Syrian government has always opposed and denounced the US military’s occupation of the local area, believing that the United States has plundered and stolen local oil wealth. The local people in northern Syria have repeatedly prevented the US military convoy from passing by. (chief station reporter Zhu Xuesong)