U.S. helicopters reportedly crossed the border from Iraq into Syria on Sunday. Damascus called the incursion a “serious aggression” and said the U.S. killed eight civilians. Syria has demanded an apology.
Washington has remained silent about the incident, but a military official said that U.S. Special Forces had targeted a network of al Qaeda-linked foreign fighters who were moving from Syria to Iraq. The U.S. has long accused Syria of turning a blind eye to the movement of insurgents across its border into Iraq.
Thousands of Syrians protested against the U.S. raid in Damascus on Thursday. The American embassy in Damascus was closed for security reasons and Syrian security forces ringed the embassy to prevent trouble. The Syrian government is closing the American school there as of next week and it already has closed the American cultural center.
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