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U.S.-backed Syrian militias said Russian warplanes struck their positions in Deir al-Zor province on September 25, which Moscow denied, generating friction between two rival campaigns against Islamic State.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting with a U.S.-led coalition said the attack killed one of its fighters and injured two.

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