US-led coalition forces carry out 'airborne operation' in eastern Syria

DEIR-EZ-ZOR, Syria

US-led coalition forces early Monday conducted an airborne operation in the city of Al-Busayrah in Syria’s eastern Deir-ez-Zor province, local sources told Anadolu Agency.

Al-Busayrah city is under the control of the YPG/PKK terror group.

The sources said that coalition warplanes flew at dawn on Monday in the skies of Al-Busayrah and airdropped dozens of soldiers on the city.

Sounds of a one-hour-long shooting were heard in the city after the landing, sources added.

Syrian regime news agency SANA said coalition forces kidnapped a number of civilians during the operation.

The international coalition has intervened in Syria since late 2014 and has frequently carried out airdrop operations and raids on cities and towns in eastern Syria in pursuit of Daesh/ISIS members.

*Writing by Ibrahim Mukhtar

DEIR-EZ-ZOR, Syria

US-led coalition forces early Monday conducted an airborne operation in the city of Al-Busayrah in Syria’s eastern Deir-ez-Zor province, local sources told Anadolu Agency.

Al-Busayrah city is under the control of the YPG/PKK terror group.

The sources said that coalition warplanes flew at dawn on Monday in the skies of Al-Busayrah and airdropped dozens of soldiers on the city.

Sounds of a one-hour-long shooting were heard in the city after the landing, sources added.

Syrian regime news agency SANA said coalition forces kidnapped a number of civilians during the operation.

The international coalition has intervened in Syria since late 2014 and has frequently carried out airdrop operations and raids on cities and towns in eastern Syria in pursuit of Daesh/ISIS members.

*Writing by Ibrahim Mukhtar