A US military official said that helicopter was destroyed after it suffered ‘technical malfunction’ during operation carried out by US forces in Idlib.
The wreckage was found in the town of Jinderes in the Afrin district, east of Idlib, Anadolu Agency reported.
A footage showed that the helicopter was completely disintegrated and broken into small pieces, except for some parts.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, sources claimed that a female suicide bomber opened fire at the US special forces’ helicopters before blowing up herself. Sources claimed that one of the helicopters was damaged and had to land in Jinderes.
The US forces carried out an operation after midnight in Syria’s Idlib province.
Civil Defense teams in Syria reported that 13 people, including six children and four women, were killed in the raid.
Local security sources said that the US soldiers pulled one person from the house alive and took him away with them.
US President Joe Biden claimed in a statement on Thursday, that the raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the Daesh (ISIS of ISIL) leader who was killed during the operation.
Biden further confirmed that al-Qurayshi blew himself up during the special forces operation.
In recent months, US forces have been regularly targeting positions in northwestern Syria mostly through drone strikes.