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US forces launch 'successful' counterterrorism raid in Syria, civilians also reported dead

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U.S. special forces carried out a counterterrorism raid in Syria early Thursday. Local officials said 13 people were killed, including six children and four women. ATMEH, Syria - U.S.

special forces carried out what the Pentagon said was a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday.

First responders at the scene reported 13 people had been killed, including six children and four women.The operation, which residents say lasted over two hours, jolted the sleepy village of Atmeh near the Turkish border — an area dotted with camps for internally displaced people from Syria's civil war.

The target of the raid was unclear."The mission was successful," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a brief statement. "There were no U.S.

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