{"id":52680,"date":"2019-01-06T22:42:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T22:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/06\/reports-2-british-soldiers-wounded-in-isis-attack-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:56:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:56:03","slug":"reports-2-british-soldiers-wounded-in-isis-attack-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/01\/06\/reports-2-british-soldiers-wounded-in-isis-attack-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: 2 British soldiers wounded in ISIS attack in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BEIRUT \u2014 A missile attack by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least one Kurdish fighter and wounded two British soldiers embedded with them, according to reports Sunday, amid fierce fighting in the strategic area near the Iraqi border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Kurdish-led force announced, meanwhile, that its fighters had captured five foreign jihadists while combating ISIS in eastern Syria. A spokesman for the group, Mustafa Bali, said they included two Americans, two Pakistanis and one Irish citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S.-backed force known as the Syrian Democratic Forces <\/a>are believed to be holding hundreds of ISIS foreign fighters in detention centers in northern Syria, as well as their families in SDF-run camps in the north. Their governments have said they are not willing to take them back.<\/p>\n\n\n\t