The US military has denied Iran’s claims of killing US soldiers in Syria

BREAKING: The US military has denied Iran’s claims of killing US soldiers in Syria, according to a CENTCOM post on X. Iran said it had killed US troops stationed at a base in al-Tanf on the Syria-Jordan border.

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