US-backed forces say Russia attacked them in eastern Syria

BEIRUT – US-backed forces in eastern Syria say Russia bombed their positions on Monday in a major natural gas field they recently captured from Islamic State militants.

The Syrian Democratic Forces said a Russian airstrike killed one of its fighters and wounded two others in the Conoco gas field, in Deir ez-Zor province. Russia's Defense Ministry denied the report.

SDF fighters captured Conoco field, Syria's largest, from IS militants on Saturday.