U.S. military confirms coalition's Syria air strike halted


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  • Sunday, 18 Sep 2016

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Saturday coalition forces had halted an air strike south of Deir-al-Zor, Syria, on Saturday after Russian officials said the targeted personnel and vehicles may have been part of the Syrian military.

The strike was in an area the coalition had attacked in the past, and coalition members had informed their Russian counterparts before it began, the U.S. military's Central Command said in a statement.

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