Field sources reported that the clashes took place during an attempt by the Syrian army to prevent an American patrol from passing through the village of Tal Al-Dhahab in the southeastern countryside of Qamishli.
In the meantime, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that a Syrian army checkpoint intercepted a military convoy belonging to the American forces in the village of Tal al-Dhahab, and the matter developed into altercations between the two sides, followed by a raid by the American air force on the checkpoint.
Source: Al Sharqiya