Briton killed in Syrian bomb blast during anti-Islamic State mission
An American soldier was also killed and five other soldiers were injured by a blast thought to have occurred in Manbij.
A member of the UK armed forces has been killed in a bomb blast while on an anti-Islamic State operation in Syria.
The casualty was embedded with US forces when they were caught by an explosion on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence said.
An American soldier was also killed and five other soldiers were injured by a blast while deployed against IS – also called Daesh.
An MoD spokesman said the casualty was embedded with US forces fighting IS – also called Daesh – when they were caught by an explosion on Thursday.
He gave no information regarding their service branch, unit, gender or where in Syria the explosion happened.
But media reports suggested it was a male special forces soldier.
“The individual was embedded with US forces on a counter-Daesh operation when the incident occurred.
“The family has been notified and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.”
US military spokesman Colonel Ryan Dillon told the Associated Press he could not immediately say who was behind the attack.
He added: “There is an investigation under way to identify who they could possibly be.
“We have our initial assessment and thoughts on that but we won’t provide until the investigation is complete.”
