Twas a week before the election...
The TELEGRAPH reporting on the breaking story:

Media reports gave conflicting accounts of the incident, which they said had involved an air strike on civilians. State television, quoting unnamed officials, said that an attack took place near the Syrian border town of Abu Kamal. It gave no further details on the incident. The private television channel al-Dunia said that nine people had been killed when an unknown number of American helicopters attacked the village of Al-Sukkiraya. "Nine people were killed and 14 wounded in the raid, which hit a group of builders while they were working," the television station said. "All victims were civilians."

The United States military is not commenting on whatever happened today.. Developing story..

Labels: Breaking news, War