US invader troops reportedly drive five kilometers into Syrian territory, lose armored vehicle in battle with Resistance fighters, then withdraw to occupied Iraq with their wreckage

Following the violent combat that raged on Thursday night between Iraqi and other Arab Resistance fighters on the one hand and US occupation troops on the other, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the al-Qa’im area learned that US troops penetrated about five kilometers into Syrian territory in an attempt to chase down Resistance fighters.

Residents of Makr adh-Dhib village as well as Syrian citizens, who spoke with Mafkarat al-Islam over the telephone, said that a US armored vehicle was completely destroyed on Syrian soil and was then hauled back into occupied Iraq.

The correspondent reported that the battles that went on for about three hours left 20 American troops dead or wounded. A number of Arab Resistance fighters were also killed.

The Syrian army was observed deployed in very large numbers along the border, separated by only a few kilometers from the American occupation troops who retreated back into occupied Iraq after their penetration into Syrian territory.

In al-Qa’im the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that US occupation forces had carried out raids and searches there looking for Arab resistance fighters who had got into occupied Iraq and into the al-Qa’im area, specifically, having volunteered to resist the American invaders of Arab territory.

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