Brit soldiers injured by IS missile attack

BLAST KILLS KURDISH FIGHTER

TWO British special forces soldiers have been seriously injured in a missile attack by the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Syria.

The soldiers were airlifted by US forces for medical treatment.

Rudaw, a Kurdish news outlet, reported that the British soldiers were hurt in an attack on a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) base in the town of Deir al-Zour.

A Kurdish fighter was killed in the attack, the outlet added.

An SDF official told Rudaw: “Due to a smart missile attack by Isis (another term for IS), a fighter of the YPG (Kurdish militia) was killed and another wounded, in addition to two British soldiers.”

US president Donald Trump said last month that he was withdrawing troops from Syria, where he claimed IS had been defeated.

But analysts and military experts have said the threat posed by IS still remains.

British special forces are believed to be on the ground in Syria, but the Government never comments on their deployment.

Meanwhile, an Irish man is believed to be among five jihadists captured in Syria for fighting for IS.

The US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces claimed it had arrested the militants in the east of the country.

A spokesman for the group said they included two US citizens and two Pakistanis.

The Irishman is thought to be 45 and from Dublin.