Syria: US choppers attack village near Iraq border

Syria: US choppers attack village near Iraq border


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DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria's government says U.S. military helicopters have attacked an area along Syria's border with Iraq, killing eight people.

A government statement carried by the official Syrian Arab News Agency said the attack was on the Sukkariyeh Farm near the town of Abu Kamal, five miles inside the Syrian border. Four helicopters attacked a civilian building under construction, firing on the workers inside, shortly before sundown, the statement said.