Details emerge of Army Special Forces’ battle with Russian mercenaries

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Details emerge of Army Special Forces’ battle with Russian mercenaries
By Kevin Maurer, The War Horse
May 12, 05:03 PM
Members of 5th Special Forces Group conduct .50-cal weapons training during counter-ISIS operations at Al Tanf Garrison in southern Syria. (Staff Sgt. Jacob Connor/Army)

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Explosions flashed in the fog hanging over the Euphrates River like a coming summer storm.

The continuous thunder of Russian guns pounded the American positions in a burned-out natural gas refinery in eastern Syria. Tracers crisscrossed the Syrian sky. The Special Forces soldiers felt the rumble of the explosions through the armored cabins of their trucks.

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