Coalition warplanes accidentally kill 18 Kurdish SDF troops in N. Syria

At least 18 fighters from a US-backed Kurdish militia fighting ISIS, the Syrian Democratic Forces, were killed on Tuesday when warplanes from the US-led coalition bombed their position by mistake. A statement issued by the coalition on Thursday said misidentification of the location in Tabqa, a number of kilometers west of the ISIS stronghold Raqqa, caused the tragic incident. 

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