BEIRUT — The U.S. military confirmed Wednesday that at least two U.S. military members were killed during an explosion while on patrol.
Military officials acknowledged the blast which took place in the northern Syrian town of Manbij via Twitter on Wednesday morning.
“U.S. service members were killed during an explosion while conducting a routine patrol in Syria today,” military officials responsible for operations in Iraq and Syria said in a statement. “We are still gathering information and will share additional details at a later time.
The blast killed a total of 16 people including nine civilians according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based Syrian war monitoring agency.
Three additional service members were wounded in a blast. Their immediate conditions have not yet been confirmed.
A news site affiliated with Islamic State earlier issued statement claiming an attacker with a suicide vest had targeted a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition operating in Manbij.
U.S. officials have yet to confirm or deny those allegations.
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