U.S. forces enter Syrian town, then forced to withdraw - rebel source, monitor
BEIRUT, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A small number of U.S. forces entered the Syrian town of al-Rai near the Turkish border on Friday as part of operations to coordinate air strikes against Islamic State, a senior rebel source said.
However, the U.S. military personnel, who numbered about five or six, were then forced to withdraw back towards the Turkish border after Syrian rebels protested against their presence in the town, the source said.
A monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, also reported the incident and said the U.S. forces had left al-Rai but were still on Syrian soil. (Reporting by John Davison and Tom Perry; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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