US troops reportedly open fire in Syria village

Syrian state media on Wednesday reported that a civilian was killed and another wounded when American troops opened fire on locals who had tried to block a US convoy as it drove through a checkpoint in a village in the northeast of Syria. According to the SANA news agency, locals gathered at the army checkpoint in the village of Khirbet Ammu pelted the US convoy with stones and took down a US flag from one vehicle.

At that point, US troops fired live ammunition and smoke bombs at the residents, the agency reported.

There was no immediate comment from the US-led coalition to the report, which could not be independently verified.

Hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed in northeastern Syria, working with their local partners from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to fight against the Islamic State group.

Russian and Syrian government troops are also deployed in the area.