Damascus 19 May (ANA)  - Syria has condemned air strikes by the US-led coalition on pro-Syrian government forces near the Jordan border. Syria said the strikes killed "a number" of people, destroyed some "material" and were a "blatant attack on forces fighting terrorism". The convoy was hit on Thursday as it neared a group of US-backed rebels and a Western special forces unit in Tanf. The US said Russia was told in advance and that warning shots were ignored. The US-backed Maghaweer al-Thawra rebel faction said that the convoy had been about 27km (17 miles) away and contained four tanks. A US defence official said the convoy had not responded to numerous warnings that it was "getting too close to coalition forces". It was earlier reported that Russia had condemned the strikes, but Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has since said he was referring to a separate US-led coalition strike on Wednesday that reportedly killed dozens of civilians. The coalition has denied the attack occurred. Mr Gatilov said it was "completely unacceptable" and "a breach of Syrian sovereignty".(ANA)

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